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It's a wee bit cooler today but nothing like 126,000 years ago when the #AtlanticBubble was covered in ice!
The last ice age ended 10,000 years ago but there have been glacial periods in #NovaScotia on and off for at least 500,000 years...
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During periods of climatic cooling, ice sheets develop and advance, aided by the reflection of the sun's light from the white snow surface. Sea levels drop as ocean water is used to make ice. The glaciers grow, coalesce and flow all the way out to...
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...the edge of the continental shelf. There, melting and ice sheet disintegration begin as glaciers become buoyant in deep water. This starts the retreat process, which is accentuated as the sea-level rises, and helps to further destabilize the ice sheets.
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