Scientists Pinpoint Polar Cataclysm Date

August 30, 2006

(AP) -- A 30-mile maze canyons in Antarctica was carved out of bedrock by the catastrophic draining of subglacial lakes during global warming between 12 million and 14 million years ago, according to university researchers who warn a similar event today could have serious environmental consequences.

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