An entire lake in East Antarctica has suddenly disappeared. Learn how the vanished antarctic lake could be a result of climate change.
So what happened to the lake? Scientists believe that its waters might have actually drained out into the ocean due its own weight.
"We believe the weight of water accumulated in this deep lake opened a fissure in the ice shelf beneath the lake, a process known as hydrofracture, causing the water to drain away to the ocean below," said Roland Warner, the study’s lead author and glaciologist with the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership at the University of Tasmania, toThere's a good chance that we'll see more Antarctic lake disappearances in the future as a result of climate change.
As global temperatures rise, ice shelves and glaciers will experience more melting, creating more melt lakes in the process. This could lead to even more hydrofracturing and a greater risk ofSo as mysterious and interesting as the disappearance of a whole Antarctic lake is, it's also a sobering reminder of the devastating impact climate change can and will have on our planet.
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