Sentences with phrase «deep channels under»

«Deep channels under the ice allow warm water to flow all the way to the grounding line, where the ice shelf meets the bedrock,» said Michael Studinger, a researcher with the mission.

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Because, and this is the crux of the new paper, scientists have discovered deep channels where warmer water can flow right under the glacier.

That'd be a hint that warm water could indeed get in under the icecap once the edges melt off, unblocking the deep channels and allowing water to circulate in and out from the southern ocean — wouldn't it?

These concerns were triggered by the discovery that Soviet submarines were getting into the north Atlantic by transiting under the Arctic ice, passing through the deepest channel out of the Arctic Basin (the East Greenland Channel), thus bypassing the submarine and air barrier set up between Iceland and Scotland.