Antarctic has been 6 degrees warmer.TEMPERATURES in Antarctica Antarctica (ăntärk`tĭkə, –är`tĭkə), the fifth largest continent, c.5,500,000 sq mi (14,245,000 sq km), asymmetrically centered on the South Pole and almost entirely within the Antarctic Circle. during warm periods between ice ages soared to up to 6C warmer than the present day, a new study has shown. The findings could help us understand more about rapid climate changes, scientists said. Until now, temperatures during the warm periods between ice ages - known as interglacials - were thought to be only slightly warmer. But the findings show brief spikes spikes see peplomer. in temperature, which recur roughly every 100,000 years and last a few thousand years, seem to have been a lot warmer. The new findings could help scientists predict how any melting of ice in the future could affect sea levels. Scientist Eric Wolff Wolff , Kaspar Friedrich 1733-1794. German anatomist noted for his pioneering work in embryology. His chief work, Theoria Generationis (1759), refuted the theory of preformation, which held that the embryo is a fully formed miniature adult. said: "During the last warm period, about 125,000 years ago, sea level was around five metres higher than today. "If we can pin down how much warmer temperatures were in Antarctica and Greenland at this time, then we can test predictions of how melting of the large ice sheets will contribute to sea level rise." |
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