Tag: Last Glacial Maximum
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Ice sheet ‘retreat’ vs ‘collapse’: what is the difference and why does it matter?
The ice sheets over Antarctica and Greenland are going to ‘collapse’, we have been told by scientists. What does it mean for an ice sheet to ‘collapse’, though? Is it not just drammatic language made for headlines? There is, however, a difference. To learn the difference, we need to study past ice sheet retreat preserved…
Rivers of Ice 