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Several times during the history of the Earth extensive ice sheets covered part of the continents. As a result, a significant proportion of freshwater was stored in solid form, which caused a drop in sea level.
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Ritz, C., Peyaud, V., Waelbroeck, C., Colleoni, F. (2021). The Cryosphere and Sea Level. In: Ramstein, G., Landais, A., Bouttes, N., Sepulchre, P., Govin, A. (eds) Paleoclimatology. Frontiers in Earth Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24982-3_24
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