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How a massive ice shelf buttressed the last ice age's glaciersβ€”and what it could mean for Antarctica today

21 October 2026 at 22:20
About 20,000 years ago, an enormous, floating ice shelf more than a mile (1.6 kilometers) thick helped lock in three of the largest ice sheets in northern Canada and Greenland. When that ice shelf disappeared, it helped unlock part of these ice sheets, which contributed to hundreds of feet of sea level rise, establishing modern coastlines as we know them.

How a massive ice shelf buttressed the last ice age's glaciersβ€”and what it could mean for Antarctica today

21 October 2026 at 22:20
About 20,000 years ago, an enormous, floating ice shelf more than a mile (1.6 kilometers) thick helped lock in three of the largest ice sheets in northern Canada and Greenland. When that ice shelf disappeared, it helped unlock part of these ice sheets, which contributed to hundreds of feet of sea level rise, establishing modern coastlines as we know them.

Salt marshes are proving to be powerful allies in building a climate-resilient coastline

21 October 2026 at 21:40
Salt marsh sediment and vegetation can remain largely intact even during extreme storm surges. This was demonstrated in a large-scale experiment in which researchers transported sections of salt marsh to an experimental facility capable of producing the world's largest artificial waves. The results show how salt marshes can contribute to natural coastal protection, both in the Netherlands and beyond. The results were published in the journals Nature and Communications Sustainability.

Salt marshes are proving to be powerful allies in building a climate-resilient coastline

21 October 2026 at 21:40
Salt marsh sediment and vegetation can remain largely intact even during extreme storm surges. This was demonstrated in a large-scale experiment in which researchers transported sections of salt marsh to an experimental facility capable of producing the world's largest artificial waves. The results show how salt marshes can contribute to natural coastal protection, both in the Netherlands and beyond. The results were published in the journals Nature and Communications Sustainability.

Reconstructing 16,000 years of summer temperature change in the Western Balkans

21 October 2026 at 21:30
Researchers at EΓΆtvΓΆs LorΓ‘nd University (ELTE) have reconstructed approximately 16,000 years of summer temperature changes from sediments collected at Lake ProkoΕ‘ko in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The findings show how the Western Balkans responded to rapid climate changes at the end of the last glacial period, how warmer and cooler phases unfolded during the Holocene, and how the impact of human land use became increasingly pronounced.

Reconstructing 16,000 years of summer temperature change in the Western Balkans

21 October 2026 at 21:30
Researchers at EΓΆtvΓΆs LorΓ‘nd University (ELTE) have reconstructed approximately 16,000 years of summer temperature changes from sediments collected at Lake ProkoΕ‘ko in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The findings show how the Western Balkans responded to rapid climate changes at the end of the last glacial period, how warmer and cooler phases unfolded during the Holocene, and how the impact of human land use became increasingly pronounced.

How life on Earth experiences climate change

21 October 2026 at 17:20
Climate change can look very different at the scale of a forest, field or hillside. A new review shows how changes in vegetation and atmospheric conditions can cause local microclimates to warm at very different rates from the regional climateβ€”and why this matters for understanding how biodiversity will respond to climate change.

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