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deglaciation

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de·gla·ci·a·tion  (d-glsh-shn, -s-)
n.
The uncovering of glaciated land because of melting or sublimation of the glacier.

deglaciation  (d-glsh-shn)
The uncovering of land that was previously covered by a glacier. Deglaciation occurs when a glacier melts.


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14] BP (Barrie and Conway, 2002); deglaciation was very rapid with regional downwasting and widespread stagnation (Gullbault et al.
Schneider detailed such speculative effects as a possible collapse of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation (the Day After Tomorrow scenario, though on a much less dramatic timetable), and the deglaciation of polar ice sheets in Greenland and the West Antarctic, causing many feet of additional sea-level rise.
If a species had populations in Eurasia and North America, it had a much better chance of making it through, even though Eurasia and North America were the two areas where the deglaciation was the most intense," says Alroy.
 
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