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Huge Pool of Ice-Free Water Discovered Under Greenland Ice
The BBC reports that researchers have discovered a huge pool of meltwater beneath Greenland's ice sheet, trapped "in the air space between particles of ice, similar to the way that fruit juice stays liquid in a slush drink."
From the article, based on research published in Nature Geoscience (abstract): "The scientists say the water is prevented from freezing by the large amounts of snow that fall on the surface of the ice sheet late in the summer. This insulates the water from the air temperatures which are below freezing, allowing the water to persist as liquid all year long. Other researchers believe this discovery may help explain disparities between projections of mass loss by climate models and observations from satellites."
Well, the UEO won't be formed for another 4 years. SeaQuest is even further off. We've barely scratched the surface of our marble's trademark blue.
We generally don't even need nature. We seem to do a fine job on our own.
Google Subterrain was voted out by focus groups. The troglodyte minority was trounced by those smug hipsters with their Earth and Streetview apps.
There is only one thing to do.
Pump it out, bottle it, and sell it.
Then use the resulting cavern to hold raw sewage. Maybe with a little radioactive waste thrown in for good measure.
Sleep your way to a whiter smile...date a dentist!