Ice cores provide first documentation of rapid Antarctic ice loss in the past

ScienceDaily
Feb 8, 2024, 12:20 pm116 pts
Researchers have uncovered the first direct evidence that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet shrunk suddenly and dramatically at the end of the Last Ice Age, around eight thousand years ago. The evidence, contained within an ice core, shows that in one location the ice sheet thinned by 450 meters -- that's more than…

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