Antarctica ice melt global sea level 60 metres

Melting all Antarctic ice could lift global seas

Almost 60 M

About 70% of the world’s freshwater is frozen in Antarctica. If all of Antarctica’s ice melted, global sea levels would rise by almost 60 metres.

A coup took control from Prussia's elected government

In 1932, the Prussian coup put Prussia's police under Germany's national government and removed the elected government from effective control. The move weakened a democratic stronghold and made it easier for Hitler to consolidate power six months later.

Malta built enormous stone temples before Egypt built its pyramids

The Ġgantija temples on Malta's island of Gozo date to the fourth millennium BCE, centuries before the great pyramids of Egypt. Their builders assembled massive stone blocks without modern machinery. The surviving structures show that communities were organizing ambitious monumental construction long before many of history's most famous civilizations.

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Antarctica ice melt global sea level 60 metres

Melting all Antarctic ice could lift global seas

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