Ice loss from the East Antarctic Ice Sheet during late Pleistocene interglacials

Ice loss from the East Antarctic Ice Sheet during late Pleistocene interglacialsIce loss from the East Antarctic Ice Sheet during late Pleistocene interglacials, Published online: 19 September 2018; doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0501-8Studies of an Antarctic marine sediment core suggest that the East Antarctic Ice Sheet retreated in the vicinity of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin during extended warm periods of the late Pleistocene, when temperatures were similar to those predicted to occur within this century.

Source: Nature AOP - September 19, 2018 Category: Research Authors: David J. Wilson Rachel A. Bertram Emma F. Needham Tina van de Flierdt Kevin J. Welsh Robert M. McKay Anannya Mazumder Christina R. Riesselman Francisco J. Jimenez-Espejo Carlota Escutia Source Type: research