New study is 'a leap forward' in our understanding of ice sheet behavior

In recent years, climate scientists have grown increasingly concerned that massive rivers of ice flowing into the ocean from Greenland and Antarctica could accelerate as the planet warms, leading to a catastrophic collapse of Earth's ice sheets. But a new article presents an alternative narrative of the manner in which an ice sheet can disappear.

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