North American ice sheets drove dramatic sea-level rise at the end of the last ice age (IMAGE)

Tulane University

North American ice sheets drove dramatic sea-level rise at the end of the last ice age

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Midnight view of the Greenland Ice Sheet near Ilulissat in July 1991. The background shows the vast ice sheet, while the foreground fjord is choked with icebergs released by one of the world’s fastest-moving outlet glaciers. During the last ice age, this ice sheet was directly connected to the ice masses that covered most of Canada. (Photo by Torbjörn Törnqvist) 

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Photo by Torbjörn Törnqvist/Tulane University

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