A state-of-the-art numerical model shows that the advance of glaciers in a cooling climate depends strongly on the pre-existing landscape, and that glacial erosion paves the way for greater glacial extent in the future. See Letter p.206
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Brocklehurst, S. How glaciers grow. Nature 493, 173–174 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/493173a
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