Can $500 Million Save This Glacier? A bold engineering project might show a way to slow sea-level rise — and bring new imagination to the fight against climate change. (www.nytimes.com)

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[-] Wanderer@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'd imagine the water makes in melt a lot quicker.

Test it. On a cold day at like 4c or in your fridge. Put a large ice cube on something insulating and put a similar ice cube in a large bucket of water.

It's why if you go through the ice into the water you should roll around in the snow. The most important thing is to be dry.

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