Earth underwent a massive, rapid melting period after the last global ice age, new study suggests
At the end of the last global ice age, the deep-frozen Earth reached a built-in limit of climate change and thawed into a ...
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The Secrets of “Slushy” Earth: Scientists Shed Light on the Massive Melting That Ended the Last Ice Age
Credit: SciTechDaily.com The new study suggests that the planet experienced a swift and intense melting phase following the ...
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Earth's Rotation Is Changing Because of Melting Polar Ice
Melting ice at the poles due to climate change may impact the Earth's spin, altering our global clock. According to a new paper in the journal Nature, the "leap second" due to be added to ...
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A pandora's box of 28 ancient viruses are trapped in glaciers — and climate change could set them free
Even in the best-case scenario, the melting ice would still result in the loss of archives that could hold clues of Earth's climate in the past. It's hard enough to deal with diseases that plague ...
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The Earth has tilted on its axis differently over the last few decades due to melting ice caps
The way water is distributed on Earth's surface also plays a big role. So when climate change caused a huge melt of glaciers in ... Still, Adhikari warns that there's no reason to panic.
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Earth is racing toward climate conditions that collapsed key Atlantic currents before the last ice age, study finds
The Last Interglacial period (130,000 to 115,000 years ago), which occurred between the previous two ice ages, was a relatively warm stage of Earth's history ... enhanced melting of Arctic sea ...