{"675084":{"#nid":"675084","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Microscopic Defects In Ice Shape How Massive Glaciers Flow","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EAs they seep and calve into the sea, melting glaciers and ice sheets are raising global water levels at unprecedented rates. To predict and prepare for future sea-level rise, scientists need a better understanding of how fast glaciers melt and what influences their flow.\u0026nbsp; Now, a study by MIT scientists offers a new picture of glacier flow, based on microscopic deformation in the ice. The results show that a glacier\u2019s flow depends strongly on how microscopic defects move through the ice.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cThis study really shows the effect of microscale processes on macroscale behavior,\u201d says\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/meghana-ranganathan-00b39088\/\u0022\u003EMeghana Ranganathan\u003C\/a\u003E who led the study as a MIT graduate student and is now a NOAA Climate \u0026amp; Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cThese mechanisms happen at the scale of water molecules and ultimately can affect the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.\u201d (This also appeared at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.miragenews.com\/research-ice-micro-defects-impact-massive-1246395\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMirage News\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2024-05-microscopic-defects-ice-massive-glaciers.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPhys.org\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EAs they seep and calve into the sea, melting glaciers and ice sheets are raising global water levels at unprecedented rates. To predict and prepare for future sea-level rise, scientists need a better understanding of how fast glaciers melt and what influences their flow.\u0026nbsp; Now, a study by MIT scientists offers a new picture of glacier flow, based on microscopic deformation in the ice. The results show that a glacier\u2019s flow depends strongly on how microscopic defects move through the ice.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cThis study really shows the effect of microscale processes on macroscale behavior,\u201d says\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/meghana-ranganathan-00b39088\/\u0022\u003EMeghana Ranganathan\u003C\/a\u003E who led the study as a MIT graduate student and is now a NOAA Climate \u0026amp; Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cThese mechanisms happen at the scale of water molecules and ultimately can affect the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.\u201d (This also appeared at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.miragenews.com\/research-ice-micro-defects-impact-massive-1246395\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMirage News\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2024-05-microscopic-defects-ice-massive-glaciers.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPhys.org\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2024-06-11 19:05:05","changed_gmt":"2024-06-24 20:39:49","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Eurasia Review","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.eurasiareview.com\/04062024-microscopic-defects-in-ice-shape-how-massive-glaciers-flow\/","dateline":{"date":"2024-06-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-06-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"191644","name":"glacier melt"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}