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Ancient Ice Loss in Antarctica’s Most Stable Region Paints a Bleak Picture of What Could Come – Gizmodo Australia
A new paper suggests that the East Antarctic ice sheet may not be as stable as we thought. Looking at ancient melting, the study finds evidence that this piece of the Antarctic experienced melting 400,000 years ago when the world was 1 to 2 degrees Celsius wa…
A new paper suggests that the East Antarctic ice sheet may not be as stable as we thought. Looking at ancient melting, the study finds evidence that this piece of the Antarctic experienced melting 400,000 years ago when the world was 1 to 2 degrees Celsius warmer. Enough ice melted could have occurred here to raise the sea by about 3 to 4 metres.
Published in Nature on Wednesday, these findings add to the growing body of literature around historic ice loss in East Antarctica. It appears scienti…
