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Global warming 5 million years ago raised sea levels by 20 metres

2013-07-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Times of India: Global warming five million years ago may have caused parts of Antarctica's large ice sheets to melt and sea levels to rise by approximately 20 metres, a new study has claimed. The researchers, from Imperial College London, and their academic partners studied mud samples to learn about ancient melting of the East Antarctic ice sheet. They discovered that melting took place repeatedly between five and three million years ago, during a geological period called Pliocene Epoch, which may have caused...

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