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The below video captures a meltwater stream flowing from Antarcticas Nansen Ice Shelf into the ocean: Nansen Ice Shelf by Earth Institute on YouTube These streams are something that require more investigation.The research was published this week in the journal Nature.

this study provides a baseline for evaluating the spread of free-flowing water across the continent in the future.What are the stakes? As meltwater drains across Antarctica.a glaciologist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and lead author of the study.

This is not in the future this is widespread now.They noted that theres no clear evidence to suggest the number of meltwater drainages has increased over the time period they covered.

Though eight feet may not sound like a huge number.

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