Sentences with phrase «so parts of these ice sheets»

So parts of these ice sheets, but not all, must have melted during the long - ago warm period.

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Lacking many ice shelves to stem its flow, the glacier is particularly vulnerable to warming, part of the so - called weak underbelly of the West Antarctic Ice Sheice shelves to stem its flow, the glacier is particularly vulnerable to warming, part of the so - called weak underbelly of the West Antarctic Ice SheIce Sheet.

A study published in March 2016, suggests that large parts of East Antarctica's ice sheet can collapse, can do so under Pliocene conditions.