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Unlocking the ice house – science data

A fact sheet by Dr Tim Naish, from the Institude of Geological and Nuclear Research (GNS). It answers many questions such as “why do ice sheets and sea level yo-yo?” and “what caused the freezing of Antarctica?”.

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Unlocking the ice house

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Published: 5 August 2009
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