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Earth experienced a period of massive and rapid melting after the last ice age, new research suggests
Credit: CC0 Public Domain At the end of the last global ice age, the frigid Earth reached a pre-built limit of climate change and melted into a slimy planet. The results of the Virginia Tech-led study show direct evidence of a slushy planet (also known as the “Plume World Ocean” era), when sky-high carbon dioxide concentrations sent the frozen Earth…
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Study reveals that oceans stored heat efficiently during the last glacial period
Antarctic sea ice is melting. Photo by Jiuxin Shi The Earth’s oceans, one of the largest heat storage sources in the climate system, absorb more than 90% of the excess energy from ongoing anthropogenic warming. Over the past century, the greatest ocean warming has occurred in the upper 500 meters, with relatively weaker warming in the deeper oceans, resulting in…
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