Scientists Discover Lost Ancient Landscape Hidden Under Antarctic Ice:
The preserved terrains of Antarctica’s balmier past date back tens of millions of years ...
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Ancient River Landscape Uncovered Beneath Antarctic IceSatellites revealed a pre-glacial terrain beneath 2 km of ice, providing clues about ice sheet stability over 34 million years.
- Scientists identified a vast ancient river landscape hidden beneath over a mile of ice in East Antarctica dating back more than 34 million years.
- This terrain predates the ice sheet and formed during a warmer era with flourishing vegetation on the continent.
- The ice sheet remains stable due to the absence of lubricating water at its base, preventing erosion of the underlying landscape.
- Understanding this buried landscape may improve predictions of how Antarctic ice sheets respond to ongoing climate change.
We want to be in a situation where that retreat isn’t happening. It’s still a possibility that we can avoid that retreat, but it does involve some pretty rapid action on emissions.— Stewart Jamieson discussing the urgency of climate action to prevent ice sheet retreat.
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