New research helps reconstruct sudden, dramatic sea level rise after last ice age
March 24, 2025
March 24, 2025
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 24 -- Brown University posted the following news:
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New research helps reconstruct sudden, dramatic sea level rise after last ice age
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Around 14,500 years ago, toward the end of the last ice age, melting continental ice sheets drove a sudden and cataclysmic sea level rise of up to 65 feet in just 500 years or less. Despite the scale of the event, known as Meltwater Pulse 1a, scientist . . .
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New research helps reconstruct sudden, dramatic sea level rise after last ice age
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Around 14,500 years ago, toward the end of the last ice age, melting continental ice sheets drove a sudden and cataclysmic sea level rise of up to 65 feet in just 500 years or less. Despite the scale of the event, known as Meltwater Pulse 1a, scientist . . .