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The Kid Should See This 🌈🪐✨

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“The Svartisen in is one of the few places on earth where can really be seen in action… not just from the outside, but from the inside. Deep beneath the glacier, in a chamber at the end, scientists come face to face with ice. Then it’s two days of hard work using hot water to melt a big enough to get inside the glacier and see it in all its glory.”

@tksst

So. The glaciers aren't melting fast enough for them? 😟

@MaryPot I promise: It was a small cave that refilled itself within 3 days. Glaciers flow under the pressure of their own weight, even when they're well-frozen. And the science team was able to make a few discoveries in the process.

@tksst

Literally a drop in the ocean, I do understand - but that was my gut reaction. Those shouting the glaciers are gone compared to just a few decades ago are melting glaciers? For a lay person, it doesn't make much sense.