🔬 Science 4d ago · Brian Maffly, University of Utah

This Utah Mountain Is Hiding Enough Ice To Fill 600 Olympic Pools

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This Utah Mountain Is Hiding Enough Ice To Fill 600 Olympic Pools
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A mountain of loose rock in Utah hides enough ice to fill 600 Olympic swimming pools, revealing that some of the state’s largest frozen water reserves are almost invisible from the surface. Unlike conventional glaciers, which expose broad expanses of ice, rock glaciers resemble slowly shifting fields of broken stone. Their rocky coverings can conceal [...]

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