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129,000 Years Ago Antarctic Ice Melt Caused Extreme Sea-Level Rise - It Could Happen Again.
The extreme ice loss caused more than three metres of average global sea-level rise – and worryingly, it took less than 2˚C of ocean warming for it to occur.