Supraglacial Rivers

Author: Rivers of Power, Brown University, NASA, Dr. Laurence C. Smith
Published: Tue 08 Jun 2021
Episode Link: www.theriverradius.com

While interviewing Dr. Laurence C. Smith for an episode in May about his new book, "Rivers of Power, we went down a rabbit hole of talking about Supraglacial Rivers. This short conversation gets the basics of these unique rivers that start on the top of the glaciers and is a more candid expression from Dr. Smith about this topic that he researches at great depth. Supraglacial rivers are constantly moving their locations, changing flows and are unique among rivers as they carry no sediment.

GUEST

Dr. Laurence C. Smith

RESEARCH

Northern Change Research Laboratory

Supraglacial River Forcing of Subglacial Water Storage and Diurnal Ice Sheet Motion

BOOKS
Rivers of Power

The World in 2050

VIDEOS

What a Glacial River Reveals About the Greenland Ice Sheet

ARTICLES

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/24/greenland-is-melting

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-catastrophic-greenland-melt-20150112-story.html