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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-375-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-375-2025
Research article
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28 Jan 2025
Research article |  | 28 Jan 2025

Evidence of active subglacial lakes under a slowly moving coastal region of the Antarctic Ice Sheet

Jennifer F. Arthur, Calvin Shackleton, Geir Moholdt, Kenichi Matsuoka, and Jelte van Oostveen

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Lakes can form beneath the large ice sheets and can influence ice-sheet dynamics and stability. Some of these subglacial lakes are active, meaning that they periodically drain and refill. Here we report seven new active subglacial lakes close to the Antarctic Ice Sheet margin using satellite measurements of ice surface height changes in a region where little was known previously. These findings improve our understanding of subglacial hydrology and will help refine subglacial hydrological models.
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