Nature World: The Earth's orbit, while a concept that is light-years away, is hitting close to home, affecting the stability of Eastern Antarctic ice caps, according to a new study.
Sea levels in Antarctica are rising or falling by as much as dozens of meters due to simple changes in the Earth's orbit around the Sun. And the site that is most affected is the continental fringe of Wilkes Land in East Antarctica.
Analyses of seabed sediments dating back 2.2 to 4.3 million years ago show that natural climatic...