Question

This process lowers the accuracy of the so-called Bootstrap algorithm that leverages dynamic tie points to cluster data plotted using 19V, 37H, and 37V channels. This process leads to “downwasting” that is often imaged using cyanotypes. A substance partially named for this process forms the upper interface of “false bottoms.” This process directly leads to the formation of cryoconite holes due to accumulation of particulates like (*) soot. Resistance to this process differentiates the multiyear form of a certain substance from its first-year form. This process, (-5[1])which lowers (10[1])albedo as it occurs, (10[1])is the (10[1])primary ablation process in “land-terminating” (10[1])features. (10[1])This process leads to the formation of namesake ponds (10[1])during (10[1])an annual cycle (10[2])that alternates (10[1])with the freeze cycle. (10[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])name this physical process (10[1])that leads to a rise in sea levels when it happens (10[1])to glaciers. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: melting [accept thawing; accept meltwater or melt season or melt ponds; prompt on answers mentioning warming, heating, heat absorption, or equivalents; prompt on ablation or ice loss or disintegration or thinning by asking “caused by what physical process?”]
<DN, Other Science (Earth Science)>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Natan HoltzmanLisan al-QuibThe Oldest Men in the World84-5
Kevin WanggenAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yetThe Jeam Team8610
Iain CarpenterAre You There, Chat? It's Me, MargaretThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see9010
June YinLes MissourablesBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy9210
Hazel DePriest-SullivanNJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)Galvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer9710
Kenji ShimizuI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)sticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone9810
Victor PavaoLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, ChicagoCharlotte's Moderately Successful Team10710
Swapnil Gargit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brownA Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence10810
Walter ZhangMindgoblin of Little Hobbesvar merchants11110
Henry AtkinsThe Empire Bikes BackBHSU B11110
Matt JacksonLMM's LLM MLMPunished "Venom" BHSU11310
Raul PassementThe Dyatlov Passement incidentWe Need New Names11710
Aidan MehiganFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!when you look this good, you don’t have to know anything120-5
Anwen KelleherNJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)SAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE12410
Richard NiuAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUHRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A13510
Matt Laferwhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anythingFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!13810
Halle FriedmanThe Oldest Men in the WorldLisan al-Quib13810

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y15100%0%13%111.00