Antarctica: How current ice melts follow past patterns – Christian Science Monitor
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Antarctica: How current ice melts follow past patterns
Christian Science Monitor New ice core records from West Antarctica show the huge ice sheet started heating up about 20,000 to 22,000 years ago, 2,000 to 4,000 years earlier than previously thought. But in East Antarctica, which was higher in elevation, colder and drier than … West Antarctica Deglaciation Began Much Earlier Than Thought Study explains early warming of West Antarctica at end of last ice age West Antarctica started warming earlier than previously thought: study |