Utrecht University: How Fast Did Sea Levels Rise After the Last Ice Age?
March 22, 2025
March 22, 2025
UTRECHT, The Netherlands, March 22 -- Utrecht University issued the following news:
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How fast did sea levels rise after the last ice age?
After the last ice age, some 11,700 years ago, sea levels rose rapidly due to global warming and the melting of the huge ice sheets that covered large parts of North America and Europe. During the early Holocene, the period after the last ice age, sea levels rose by about one metre a century at some stages. This rapi . . .
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How fast did sea levels rise after the last ice age?
After the last ice age, some 11,700 years ago, sea levels rose rapidly due to global warming and the melting of the huge ice sheets that covered large parts of North America and Europe. During the early Holocene, the period after the last ice age, sea levels rose by about one metre a century at some stages. This rapi . . .