{
  "id": 12677665,
  "title": "Seafloor sediments reveal how East Antarctic ice temporarily halted its retreat and advanced 40 miles",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/seafloor-sediments-reveal-how-east-antarctic-ice-temporarily-halted",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-07T17:40:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-seafloor-sediments-reveal-east-antarctic.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Off the coast of East Antarctica, researchers led by Kiel University (CAU) and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), have investigated an exceptionally large sedimentary body embedded in the seafloor of Vincennes Bay: a so-called \"grounding-zone wedge\"—symmetrical, wedge-shaped, approximately 260 meters (853 feet) high and 65 kilometers (40 miles)…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}