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Implications of ocean expansion

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The contributions of ice melt and ocean thermal expansion to sea-level rise during the last interglacial period are poorly constrained. A new quantification of their roles implies that the Antarctic ice sheet may be more sensitive to climate change than once thought.

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Figure 1: The distribution of palaeoceanographic samples used by McKay and colleagues4 to reconstruct the contribution of ocean thermal expansion to sea-level rise during the last interglacial period.

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  1. Mark Siddall is at the Department of Earth Science, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK,

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  2. Paul J. Valdes is at the School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Road, Bristol BS8 1SS, UK,

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