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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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:
Timothy Chase --- Yes, thanks.