Supraglacial Lake Fate Is Knowable Long Before the Season Ends
A supraglacial lake on the Greenland Ice Sheet ends its melt season in one of four ways: it drains rapidly through a hydrofracture, drains slowly across the surface, refreezes in place, or is buried by late-season snowfall. Which one occurs decides whether the meltwater reaches the ice bed. Satellite classifiers recove...