Evidence from a 2,000-foot-long ice core reveals that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet shrank suddenly and dramatically around 8,000 years ago, according to new research providing an alarming insight into how quickly Antarctic ice could melt and send sea levels soaring.
Eight thousand years ago, Antarctica's West Antarctic Ice Sheet thinned rapidly by 450 meters in just 200 years, exposing vulnerability to climate change.
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