Lakes Found Under Antarctic Ice Using Space Lasers

Reverse Gear writes "There is a new study circling the media about new lakes found underneath the antarctic ice sheets that apparently empty and fill back up quite fast. 'The scientists allay fears that global warming has created these pockets of water. They say these lakes lie some 2,300 feet below compressed snow and ice, too deep for environmental temperature to reach. However, it is necessary to understand what causes the phenomenon as it can facilitate an understanding of the impact of climate change on the ice sheet in Antarctica.' NASA also has some information on the technique used to detect these lakes."

Lakes using lasers?

[Hognoxious]

Lakes can't use lasers. I can only conclude that the lakes are full of sharks.

Explanation

[johnw]

Presumably what makes them fill up is the heat from the lasers?

Heisenberg probably rules, OK

Re:ICESAT is Cool

[KDR_11k]

If you keep telling people about that soon NASA will be forced through a lawsuit to dangle a huge "Do not look into laser with remaining eye" warning sign from the satellite.

Re:Lakes using lasers?

[D4rk Fx]

You misread the headline. Apparently the lakes exist under areas where the Antarctic Ice has been using Space Lasers.

Re:Lakes using lasers?

[FredDC]

I for one would like to welcome our new lakes-under-the-ice-firing-space-lasers-overlords!

So thats where I left my Lake Maker 2000 SX

[Timesprout]

Sorry for the inconvenience everyone.

Yours etc
God

PS
Apologies also if you are on a planet I created with no lakes, shipping on these things is incredibly slow.

Why global warming

[raynet11]

Of course these lakes are being caused by global warming, how do you expect this place to cool off when they keep shooting it with lasers? Hello ?

Re:Fire!

[LiquidCoooled]

Stop global warming.

Turn the frikking laser beam off.

Stop!

[dotancohen]

Maybe if they stop shining lasers at the ice it will stop melting.

AVP

[otacon]

Isn't that how Alien vs. Predator started?

Re:Fire!

[lbmouse]

"It's a little weapon I like to call a 'SPACE LASER'." ...well at least it is better than being called a Turbo laser.

Re:The next boogeyman?

[roman_mir]

Without taking a side on the issue, does every natural event have to be compared against the global warming checklist now? - no, of-course not, however we cannot rule out a possibility that it is Usama bin Laden who is hiding in those pockets of water, if it ain't the global warming, it just could be the terrorists.