Large fluctuations in sea level throughout the last ice age challenge understanding of past climate

Large changes in global sea level, fueled by fluctuations in ice sheet growth and decay, occurred throughout the last ice age ...
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New study finds large fluctuations in sea level occurred throughout the last ice age, a significant shift in understanding of past climate

Large changes in global sea level, fueled by fluctuations in ice sheet growth and decay, occurred throughout the last ice age, rather than just toward the end of that period.    The findings represent ...

North American ice sheets drove most of the sea-level rise after the last ice age

When the planet was heating up at the end of the last Ice Age, ice-melt flooded out by glaciers made oceans rise. Scientists ...

Sea Levels Rising Faster than at Any Time in 4,000 Years, Study Warns

A study of geological records reveals that sea levels are rising at their fastest rate in 4,000 years, underscoring the ...

Sea levels are rising faster than at any time in the last 4,000 years. Here’s why

Melting glaciers and thermal expansion are driving the ‘acceleration’ of sea level rise to record levels. View on euronews ...
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Melting ice sheets in North America added 30 feet to global sea levels

Buried Louisiana marshes show North America, not Antarctica, fueled the world’s dramatic sea level surge 9,000 years ago.

North American ice sheets drove dramatic sea-level rise at the end of the last ice age

A Tulane University-led study published in Nature Geoscience reveals that melting North American ice sheets were the primary ...