Marine ice sheets (IMAGE)

University of Barcelona

Marine ice sheets

Caption

The melting of these glaciers caused an intense and prolongued change in ocean circulation, leading to a warmer interglacial period with less ice than the present one.

Credit

Pere Busquets

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