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West Antarctica Ice Sheet Existed 20 Million Years Earlier than Believed
Antarctica's western ice sheet has existed 20 million years longer than previous believed, according to a new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters which indicates that the ice sheet layering West Antarctica came into formation at the start of a global transition from warm greenhouse conditions to a cooler icehouse climate about 34 million years ago.
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