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Massive Ice Sheet Discovery Redefines Pleistocene Climate Change

2/2/2025

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Beneath the North Sea, researchers have unearthed astonishing new landforms, unveiling a massive ice sheet that once dominated the landscape a million years ago. This groundbreaking discovery challenges earlier beliefs of smaller ice sheets, shedding light on the dramatic climate changes and glacial dynamics of the mid-Pleistocene era.

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Beneath the North Sea, researchers have unearthed astonishing new landforms, unveiling a massive ice sheet that once dominated the landscape a million years ago. This groundbreaking discovery challenges earlier beliefs of smaller ice sheets, shedding light on the dramatic climate changes and glacial dynamics of the mid-Pleistocene era.