Supraglacial Rivers
Imagine a river with no sediment. None at all. A temperature that is a barely above freezing. A river that is new and old all at the same time. These are the rivers that form on the top of the glaciers of Greenland.
The River Radius Podcast · NASA, Dr. Laurence C. Smith, Brown University, Rivers of Power
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Show Notes
While interviewing Dr. Laurence C. Smith for an episode in May about his new book, "Rivers of Power, we went down a rabbit hole of talking about Supraglacial Rivers. This short conversation gets the basics of these unique rivers that start on the top of the glaciers and is a more candid expression from Dr. Smith about this topic that he researches at great depth. Supraglacial rivers are constantly moving their locations, changing flows and are unique among rivers as they carry no sediment.
GUEST
RESEARCH
Northern Change Research Laboratory
Supraglacial River Forcing of Subglacial Water Storage and Diurnal Ice Sheet Motion
BOOKS
Rivers of Power
VIDEOS
What a Glacial River Reveals About the Greenland Ice Sheet
ARTICLES
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/24/greenland-is-melting
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-catastrophic-greenland-melt-20150112-story.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/05/climate/greenland-ice-melting.html
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/27/world/greenland-is-melting-away.html
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Previous episode with Dr. Laurence C. Smith, "The Book: Rivers of Power" on our Website,
Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
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