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The claim: Video shows giant tree stump in Antarctica
A Feb. 17 video (direct link, archive link) posted on Threads shows a helicopter flying over an ice shelf and arriving at an area where dark cliff faces stick out of the ice sheet.
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Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
Exceeding this limit increases the likelihood of climate tipping points, such as the collapse of the Greenland ice sheet or the thawing of methane-rich permafrost, which could drive further warming.
—David Carlin, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
But in ice sheets, the gentleness of the collisions preserved many more quantities.
—Quanta Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
Ice cores are long cylinders drilled from the ice sheets of the polar regions.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
Exceeding this limit increases the likelihood of climate tipping points, such as the collapse of the Greenland ice sheet or the thawing of methane-rich permafrost, which could drive further warming.
—David Carlin, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
But in ice sheets, the gentleness of the collisions preserved many more quantities.
—Quanta Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
Ice cores are long cylinders drilled from the ice sheets of the polar regions.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Ice sheet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20sheet. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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