the Midst of a glacier in Antarctica has a research group discovered a large lake.
It writes The Guardian.
Found was made during the Hair-the glacier is 30 kilometers wide and two kilometers thick. It melts, it can according to The Guardian, raising the water level in the oceans by up to seven metres.
Found by the lake under the glacier, is of great importance since glaciers are melting much faster, if there are cavities or lakes under them.
in Addition, it is of great importance for the glacier rests on the water, sediment or grundfjel. The firmer subsoil is, the slower it moves, the glacier is out to sea, and if the first ends up in the water, it will melt much faster than now.
the Researchers found the lake by placing small charges of explosives, two metres down in the glacier.
– the Explosions was a source of audio for us. They gave the echo in relation to the different layers in the ice, says glaciolog Ben Galton-Fenzi from The Australian Antarctic Division.
– We placed because (a variety of small microphones, red.) along the edge of the gletsjerens surface to listen to the sound that came back. It gave us a picture of what is hiding under the ice.
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the Researchers , who found the lake, along with 550 other polar explorers by investigating the subsoil in the Antarctic. Photo: Paul Winberry/The Australian Antarctic Program
the Next step for the researchers is to drill holes in the glacier to take samples from the lake. They are, however, run into one problem: There is missing money.
– I’m not just a researcher who says ‘I need money’. I have children of six and eight years, and climate change is a real threat for them, he says, referring to the impact it will have if the Hair-the glacier starts to melt.
