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Back to the future: learning from past ice sheet melt

Phys Org, 08 Jul 2014.

A study published in Nature is the first scientific evidence that the southern portion of Greenland's ice sheet nearly disappeared about 400,000 years ago, contributing to a 4.5 to six metres of global sea level rise. And all under conditions a few degrees warmer than the present day! Read the full article in Pys Org here.

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