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Sea level may have been higher than it is now just 6000 years ago - New Scientist

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Sea level may have been higher than it is now just 6000 years ago | New Scientist

Melting icebergs in Antarctica in 2023 Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Melting icebergs in Antarctica in 2023

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The oceans may have been higher than they are now between 4000 and 8000 years ago. Understanding how the ancient climate led to those high seas could improve projections of how climate change will affect sea level in this century.

There are three points in Earth’s recent geologic history where the planet was warm enough to somewhat resemble today’s climate, says Roger Creel at Columbia University in New York. The most recent of these was around the middle of the Holocene Epoch, …

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