Ice sheets as large as Greenland’s melted fast in a warming climate – Science Daily
Article Synopsis – New research shows that climate warming reduced the mass of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet by half in as little as 500 years, indicating the Greenland Ice Sheet could have a similar fate. The Cordilleran Ice Sheet covered large parts of North America during the Pleistocene — or Last Ice Age — and was similar in mass to the Greenland Ice Sheet. The melting of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet likely caused about 20 feet of sea level rise and big changes in ocean temperature and circulation. This confirms that once ice sheets start to melt, they can do so very quickly. To read the actual article click here.