Factoid/2020/02/12
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Rapid glacial melt could lead to rapid sea level rise
- "Mass melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet was a major cause of high sea levels during a period known as the Last Interglacial (129,000-116,000 years ago), an international team of scientists led by UNSW's Chris Turney has found. The research was published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The extreme ice loss caused a multi-metre rise in global mean sea levels - and it took less than 2°C of ocean warming for it to occur." - Excerpt from University of New South Wales
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