Trigger for past rapid sea level rise discovered
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 - 13:50
in Earth & Climate
The cause of rapid sea level rise in the past has been found by scientists using climate and ice sheet models. The process, named 'saddle-collapse', was found to be the cause of two rapid sea level rise events: The Meltwater pulse 1a (MWP1a) around 14,600 years ago and the '8,200 year' event.