If warming exceeds 2°C, Antarctica's melting ice sheets could raise seas 20 metres in coming centuries
- Written by Georgia Rose Grant, Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Paleontology Team, GNS Science
During the Pliocene, up to one third of Antarctica’s ice sheet melted, causing sea-level rise of 20 metres.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND
We know that our planet has experienced warmer periods in the past, during the Pliocene geological epoch around three million years ago.
Our research, published today, shows that up to one third of...