- British scientists discovered the 820-foot tunnels in West Antarctica
- They were detected on airborne radar imaging and satellite photos
- Suggest that water flows in concentrated ‘rivers’ beneath ice sheets
- The information will be used to predict how the ice will melt
A team of British scientists has discovered tunnels that are almost as tall as the Eiffel Tower under an ice shelf in Antarctica.
Researchers from a number of UK universities and the British Antarctic Survey – a research centre based on the continent – detected the tunnels when they flew a plane over the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in West Antarctica.
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