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SCI & TECH● LOW2h ago · Oct 2, 2026, 6:57 PM

Antarctica developed a continental-scale ice sheet 34 million years ago, when Earth was about 5 degrees warmer than today, thanks to slow mantle waves that for more than 100 million years elevated its interior enough for the ice to survive

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Millions of years before, something began to change beneath Antarctica's surface, eventually setting the stage for the arrival of ice.

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