Small lakes could destabilize Earth’s ice sheets

Kristin Poinar

doi:10.1063/PT.3.5333

Small lakes could destabilize Earth’s ice sheets

Kristin Poinar

Earth Sciences

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Abstract

At the poles, unlike elsewhere on Earth, the day- night cycle lasts a full year rather than 24 hours. Annually, each pole has a single sunrise and a single sunset. Such a year of extremes guarantees long winters and summers intense enough to melt some, but not all, of the snowfall. The cycle gives rise to the planet’s ice sheets.

Original language	English
Pages	70-71
Number of pages	2
Volume	76
No	10
Specialist publication	Physics Today
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.5333
State	Published - Oct 1 2023

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Small lakes could destabilize Earth’s ice sheets

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