19 April 2017 /

Washington Post / Chelsea Harvey

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Scientists have discovered vast systems of flowing water in Antarctica. And that worries them.

Nansen Ice Sheet, Antarctica

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A 400-foot-wide waterfall atop the Nansen Ice Shelf in Antarctica. (Photo: Robert Fletcher), Washington Post (https://images.washingtonpost.com/?url=http://img.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2017/04/nansen-waterfall.jpg&w=1484&op=resize&opt=1&filter=antialias)

Seasonally flowing streams fringe much of Antarctica’s ice (Adapted from Kingslake et al., Nature 2017)

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