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Antarctica developed a continental-scale ice sheet 34 million years ago while Earth was about 5°C warmer than today — helped by slow-moving mantle waves that had spent more than 100 million years lifting its interior high enough for permanent ice to survi
New research reveals Antarctica developed its continental ice sheet 34 million years ago despite Earth being 5°C warmer than present temperatures.