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The Eurasian Arctic during the Last Ice Age: A vast ice sheet once covered the Barents Sea. Its sudden disappearance 100 centuries ago provides a lesson about western Antarctica today

Authors :
Siegert, Martin J.
Dowdeswell, Julian A.
Svendsen, John-Inge
Elverhoi, Anders
Source :
American Scientist. Jan-Feb, 2002, Vol. 90 Issue 1, p32, 8 p.
Publication Year :
2002

Abstract

In the 1970s, long before global warming had become much of a public concern, an Ohio State University glaciologist named John Mercer made a disturbing observation. He pointed out that [...]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00030996
Volume :
90
Issue :
1
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
American Scientist
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsgcl.81528416