Sentences with phrase «steeper ice surface»

The apparent absence of lakes in Greenland had previously been explained by the fact that steeper ice surface in Greenland leads to any water below the ice being «squeezed out» to the margin.

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Three - dimensional views of the surface of Saturn's large moon reveal extremely steep valleys topped with looming ice cliffs.

Those very steep spots would not be good landing sites for humans or rovers, but they suggest that nearby regions might have accessible ice within a meter or two of the surface.

There sea ice was not reduced and surface temperatures average 5 to 10 ° cooler, and the steep winter warming trend was not observed.

And older climate models did not include dynamic ice sheet vulnerabilities — like high latent - heat ocean water coming into contact with the submerged faces of sea - fronting glaciers, the ability of surface melt water to break up glaciers by pooling into cracks and forcing them apart (hydrofracturing), or the innate rigidity and frailty of steep ice cliffs which render them susceptible to rapid toppling.