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I wonder if events in Greenland are similar to those playing out in the Antarctic where movement of under ice water sources is causing fractures or movement in the ice sheets.

I remember reading stories recently about Lake Vostok and the drilling going on there. One item of note was the the location of the under ice water was not a constant and that its shifting could or is affecting the ice sheets above it.

Given that Greenland has a bit more volcanic activity than the Antarctic what role does that play?



"Given that Greenland has a bit more volcanic activity than the Antarctic"

Do you have any links for that? There is a fair amount of volcanic activity around Antartica and I've never heard of anything on Greenland.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21231380 is the article I read before, specifically the paragraph above a picture of the landmass which starts with the words "Indeed, satellite measurements"

The water moves underneath the sheets causing them to move, this movement has to be part of the reason if not the entire reason sheets fracture.

I am far more the believer that was is under the ice sheet has more affect than what is above it




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