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Scientists find stable sea levels during last interglacial
« on: September 11, 2018, 03:57:28 pm »

Scientists find stable sea levels during last interglacial
September 10, 2018, University of New Mexico
 

Visualize the following: The Earth's climate swings between cold glacial and warm interglacial periods; the last glacial interval was about 20,000 years ago; sea level was about 126 meters (413 feet) below modern sea level at that time; and the Holocene, which represents the last 12,000 years of climatic change, is an interglacial period.

The last interglacial period about 127,000 to 116,000 years ago was the last time sea level was as high as or even higher than present-day sea-level. Understanding sea level change during the last interglacial period, a time when the earth was slightly warmer the present, is an important research area for understanding future sea level rise due to global warming.

https://phys.org/news/2018-09-scientists-stable-sea-interglacial.html