Schematic illustration of the mechanism of East Antarctic Ice Sheet melting in Dronning Maud Land. (IMAGE)

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Schematic illustration of the mechanism of East Antarctic Ice Sheet melting in Dronning Maud Land.

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Around 9,000 years ago, at the time when the regional sea level reached its peak, warm deep water flowed into the area, leading to the collapse of the ice shelf. As a result, ice discharge accelerated, and the Antarctic Ice Sheet retreated substantially from the coast toward the inland.

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Yusuke Suganuma (NIPR)

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