90 Billion Liters of Water Punched Through Greenland's Ice Sheet - And Nobody Noticed

science • 7/30/2025

A build-up of meltwater under the Greenland ice sheet in 2014 resulted in a flood of such magnitude that it burst upward through tens of meters of solid ice, fracturing the surface and spilling water to the open air.

A build-up of meltwater under the Greenland ice sheet in 2014 resulted in a flood of such magnitude that it burst upward through tens of meters of solid ice, fracturing the surface and spilling water to the open air. It's the first time scientists ha... [4037 chars]