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Dr Andrea Dutton conducting field work in the Seychelle

Tropical Tales of Polar Ice

Dr. Andrea Dutton’s global sea level research was recently featured on the front page of the University of Florida News site. Her research focuses on investigating drivers for global sea level rise and fall using dating of fossil corals in the Seychelles.
In a recent article (Dutton et al., 2015, Quaternary Science Reviews), Dutton’s international team of researchers identified partical collapse of the Antarctic ice sheet as a significant source of melt water coincident with global sea level rise 125 000 years ago.
Present polar temperatures are only a few degrees warmer than the time of the last partial collapse of the ice sheet. Rising temperatures over the next few decades could trigger another collapse.

We could be poised to another partial collapse of the Antarctic ice sheet.” – Dr. Andrea Dutton

Read More: Link to University of Florida Web News Feature

Dr Andrea Dutton conducting field work in the Seychelles
Dr. Andrea Dutton conducting field work in the Seychelles