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Holocene sea level rise: The rise, of ~60m, took place over most of the Earth as the volume of the oceans increased during deglaciation and is dated at 11,650–
by photochemsyn 4y ago
Holocene sea level rise:
The rise, of ~60m, took place over most of the Earth as the volume of the oceans increased during deglaciation and is dated at 11,650–7000 cal. BP
That's a sea level rise of 13 mm/year, on average. Current seal-level rise estimates are about 4 mm/year, and model projections point to as much as 19 mm/year by 2100. It's certainly comparable. These are however relatively slow processes on the scale of a human lifetime, and one could argue human civilization could adapt to these conditions... at some cost, which might be quite high.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoI think it is important to make the distinction between the state, and the rate of change. I think we we could be in a rapid transition phase, but the state is still very much close to the old state, opposed to the new state.