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Don't forget about https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogger https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogger land (I'm sure out near European ancestors wouldn't have). Tha
by ljf 4y ago
Don't forget about https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogger https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogger land (I'm sure out near European ancestors wouldn't have).
That is only about 6000bce - when Britain was joined to mainland Europe.
The piece that blows me away is how shallow the North Sea is, but also how all that sea level rise is down to glacial melt - amazing just how much water is/was tied up in glaciers (and the Antarctica).
- clort 4y agoThe sea level rise is not simply because of the addition of glacial meltwater but is apparently because the weight of the glaciers in the north pressed down on the land (which is essentially floating on magma underneath), tilting it towards the north and raising the southern part. When the glaciers melted, the weight was removed and the land is settling back (the north is raising and the south is lowering, like a see saw)