FEBRUARY 23, 2021

byAlfred Wegener Institute

During glacial periods, the sea level falls, because vast quantities of water are stored in the massive inland glaciers. To date, however, computer models have been unable to reconcile sea-level height with the thickness of the glaciers. Using innovative new calculations, a team of climate researchers led by the Alfred Wegener Institute has now managed to explain this discrepancy. The study, which was recently published in the journalNature Communications, could significantly advance research into our planet’s climate history.https://24c9ab203f42b4736dbd7ca7659f2f08.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html

During transitions from glacials to interglacials, theglacierson Greenland and in North America and Europe wax and wane over tens of thousands of years. The more water that is stored in the mighty glaciers, the less there is in the oceans—and the lower thesea levelis. Climate researchers are…