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Antarctic rocks reveal a missing chapter of glacier history

Antarctica's glaciers were changing long before satellites, weather stations or cameras captured their transformations, and they left behind clues. Along Marguerite Bay on the western Antarctic Peninsula, ridges of rocks and debris mark former glacier margins. For decades, scientists lacked direct e...

Antarctic rocks reveal a missing chapter of glacier history
Image: Phys.org
Antarctica's glaciers were changing long before satellites, weather stations or cameras captured their transformations, and they left behind clues. Along Marguerite Bay on the western Antarctic Peninsula, ridges of rocks and debris mark former glacier margins. For decades, scientists lacked direct evidence about when many of these ridges formed.

Originally published at Phys.org

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