"A new model suggests that prehistoric sea-level rise long thought to have been caused by the [East Antarctic] ice sheet melting was actually the result of local subsidence"

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HMM: Sinking land shows East Antarctic ice sheet is stable.

The East Antarctic ice sheet looks unlikely to release its frozen grip any time soon. A new model suggests that prehistoric sea-level rise long thought to have been caused by the ice sheet melting was actually the result of local subsidence.

The science appears to remain unsettled.