What saved the West Antarctic Ice Sheet 10,000 years ago will not save it today
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Published in Nature · View the paper (DOI)
Scientists discovered that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet rebounded by up to 400 kilometers 10,000 years ago due to isostatic rebound. However, this process is too slow to prevent ice sheet melting and sea-level rise caused by current climate change.
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- What saved the West Antarctic Ice Sheet 10,000 years ago will not save it today Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) · Jun 13, 2018 · first to report
- New study suggests surprising wrinkle in history of West Antarctic Ice Sheet Northern Illinois University · Jun 13, 2018
- Shrinking ice sheet made a surprising comeback Columbia Climate School · Jun 13, 2018