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Particle Effect on Melt Rate

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On the left, a black and white image of ice melting in saline water. On the right, text reads, "When clear ice melts in saline water... the difference in density drives an upward flow along the ice. This flow determines the heat transport to the ice... and therefore its melt rate."

On the right, a black and white image of a melting cylinder of ice, filled with 8-mm glass particles. On the left, text reads, "If we add large particles to the ice... the particles fall one by one as the ice melts."

On the right, a cylinder of ice infused with 55-micron particles melts. A dark plume falls off the bottom of the ice. On the left, text reads,"If we add small particles to the ice... the particles form a strong plume. This plume fully takes over the flow, such that the buoyancy-driven flow is no longer present."

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