Antarctica : what temperature variations since the last ice age ?
Published on June 04, 2021
CNRS press release
Antarctica has experienced substantial temperature changes, particularly since the last ice age. An international collaboration involving CNRS scientists has just challenged previously accepted estimates of these variations with new measurements published June 4, 2021 in Science. Their study highlights the differences between the functioning of East and West Antarctica, linked in particular to different variations in their altitude.
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