Tag Archive for 'deglaciation'

New research shows Antarctic warming began two - four millennia earlier than previously thought. Credit: DUJS.

West Antarctica Warming Began 2,000 Years Earlier Than Thought, Linked to Changes in Earth Orbit

Aug 15, 2013 by News Staff

According to a large multinational team of researchers, West Antarctica began emerging from the last Ice Age about 20,000 to 22,000 years ago, well before...

Study Pushes Opening of Land Bridge to Alaska Back 2,000 Years

Jun 29, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

A new study of lake sediment cores from Sanak Island in the western Gulf of Alaska has suggested that deglaciation there from the last Ice Age took place...