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On a world that was just ground to flour by ice sheets, and then torched by absurd levels of carbon dioxide, this was a rock-weathering fever dream.
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Peter Brannen
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
After the last ice age, huge ice sheets melted and global sea levels rose, submerging Stone Age settlements and forcing the hunter-gatherer human population inland.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
To be sure, the IPCC report discusses tipping points at various temperature levels—such as species extinction, irreversible biodiversity loss, and loss of ice sheets in Greenland and West Antarctic—and these are serious.
—Robert G. Eccles, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
This second anomaly adds to a flow of heat at the base of a thick continental ice sheet, influencing the movement and melting of the ice, the study authors said.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2025
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Peter Brannen
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
After the last ice age, huge ice sheets melted and global sea levels rose, submerging Stone Age settlements and forcing the hunter-gatherer human population inland.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
To be sure, the IPCC report discusses tipping points at various temperature levels—such as species extinction, irreversible biodiversity loss, and loss of ice sheets in Greenland and West Antarctic—and these are serious.
—Robert G. Eccles, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
This second anomaly adds to a flow of heat at the base of a thick continental ice sheet, influencing the movement and melting of the ice, the study authors said.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2025
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“Ice sheet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20sheet. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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