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Antarctica could be much more vulnerable to melting than we thought

2016-02-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Washington Post: In two new studies, scientists say that the vast ice continent of Antarctica seems to have given up tremendous volumes of ice -- even sprouting considerable plant life -- during an era over 10 million years ago when concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide dont seem to have been all that much higher than they are now. That period was known as the Miocene. And during its early and middle phases, between 23 and 14 million years ago, carbon dioxide concentrations are believed to have sometimes...

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