Polar ice sheets are synchronized swimmers

Glaciers in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres advance and retreat together

When the last ice age was coming to a close about 19,000 years ago, the ice sheets that cover Antarctica began to shrink to their current sizes at about the same time as those in the Arctic, a new study finds.

Evidence from deep sea sediments suggests the East Antarctic ice sheet, seen jutting into the Weddell Sea, may be more susceptible to global changes in ocean level and temperature than previously believed.