Antarctic Ice Sheet Started to Melt 5,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Believed

Antarctic ice sheet started to shrink at the end of the last ice age, 5,000 years before previously believed, and has been shrinking during eight distinct episodes which led to rapid sea level rise, a new study reveals. Researchers at University of Cologne, Oregon State University, the Alfred-Wegener-Institute, University of Hawaii at Manoa, University of Lapland, University of New South Wales, and University of Bonn, examined two sediment cores from the Scotia ...

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