Researchers make concerning discovery after taking peek under massive glacier: 'Could never have seen with simpler technology'

Researchers make concerning discovery after taking peek under massive glacier: 'Could never have seen with simpler technology'

Researchers from the University of Washington placed fiber-optic cables on the ocean floor near a Greenland glacier and found that collapsing ice creates giant underwater waves, which accelerate melting in ways never measured before. This technology provides a solution to a dangerous problem in climate research: Scientists need to understand how quickly glaciers disappear, but the front of a glacier, where ice crashes into the sea, is too hazard…