Its a paper in Science, by R. S. W. van de Wal et al. I've only read the abstract, by I was rather struck by how easy it is to misinterpret the title, given that the abstract continues ...Over a longer period of 17 years, annual ice velocities have decreased slightly, which suggests that the englacial hydraulic system adjusts constantly to the variable meltwater input, which results in a more or less constant ice flux over the years. So much for the rapidly sliding Greenland...
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Large and Rapid Melt-Induced Velocity Changes in the Ablation Zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet?
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Posted on: July 5, 2008 5:58 PM, by William M. Connolley
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There is a thoughtful criticism of the paper down in the comments o9f the dotEarth thread devoted to this paper.
[dotearth does terrible things to my poor old laptop. I'll have to wait till I get a spare moment at work -W]
Posted by: David B. Benson | July 5, 2008 9:48 PM
Hi David,
I believe I found what you were refering to.
In response to A Tempered View of Greenland's Gushing Drainpipes
By Andrew C. Revkin
July 3, 2008, 2:31 pm
... Scott Wahlstrom explains the methods that were used then says, in part:
Posted by: Timothy Chase | July 7, 2008 2:12 AM
Timothy Chase --- Yes, thanks.
Posted by: David B. Benson | July 7, 2008 8:28 PM