Category: 7. Science

For decades, the standard story went like this: as the last ice age waned, Antarctica’s vast ice sheets were believed to be the main engine pushing global sea levels higher.

However, a new study turns that narrative upside down. Led by Tulane…

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The researchers distinguished between high-temperature (HT) and ultrahigh-temperature (UHT) conditions. Smye and his co-author, Peter Kelemen, professor of earth and environmental sciences at Columbia University, noticed a striking consistency to…