The geologic record of ice-sheet retreat for the last deglaciation and last interglaciation permits several conclusions on the past behavior of ice sheets in a warming climate. Terrestrial ice ...

New research, published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, has focused on the marine impacts by determining the effect of Marinoan deglaciation ~635 Ma on global sea level. In previous ...

The last major melting event on Earth occurred between 12,000 and 7,000 years ago following the last ice age. During this period of deglaciation, volcanic activity on land increased by two to six ...