Greenhouse gases caused glacial retreat during last Ice Age
Posted by Oceanography News -- ScienceDaily on 21 August, 2015
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A recalculation of the dates at which boulders were uncovered by melting glaciers at the end of the last Ice Age has conclusively shown that the glacial retreat was due to rising levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, as opposed to other types of forces. The data helps to confirm predictions of future glacial retreat, and that most of the world's glaciers may disappear in the next few centuries....