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Re:Researchers reached the bottom of ice sheet at -2670M aft... by ultrablack on Monday July 31, 2023 @01:23PM (#36945909)
With the speed the ice is melting, they could just have waited a couple of years?
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Re:Researchers reached the bottom of ice sheet at -2670M aft... by chrisco255 on Monday July 31, 2023 @01:30PM (#36946021)
Given that Greenland regularly gains surface mass, even this year gaining close to 50 gigatons as of June 20th: https://nsidc.org/greenland-today/files/2023/06/SMB_Fig3_15J..., you might have to wait a few more millenia or even another 100K before the next interglacial.
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