Global sea level rise after the last ice age (IMAGE)

Deltares

Global sea level rise after the last ice age

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Global sea level will rise rapidly in the coming century; perhaps by more than 1 metre.  This is primarily caused by  increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases (source: IPCC). Submerged peat layers from the North Sea show that these rates were seen in two earlier phases: 10,300 and 8,300 years ago. Ice sheets melted then due to rapid warming after the last ice age. 

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