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Ancient Antarctic ice melt caused sea levels to rise nearly 10 FEET 129,000 years ago

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Ancient Antarctic ice melt caused sea levels to rise by nearly 10 feet around 129,000 years ago — and it could happen again, scientists have warned.

Experts found that rising ocean temperatures caused mass-scale melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which unlike its eastern counterpart rests on the the sea bed.

The episode occurred during a period of warmer temperatures known as the…