How an Ice Age paradox could inform sea level rise predictions – Science Daily
Article Synopsis – New findings from the University of Michigan explain an Ice Age paradox and add to the mounting evidence that climate change could bring higher seas than most models predict. The study shows how small spikes in the temperature of the ocean, rather than the air, likely drove the rapid disintegration cycles of the expansive ice sheet that once covered much of North America. The behavior of this ancient ice sheet has puzzled scientists for decades because its periods of melting and splintering into the sea occurred at the coldest times in the last Ice Age. This mechanism is likely at work today on the Greenland ice sheet and possibly Antarctica. To read the actual article click here.