But given these variables, White says, current widely accepted estimates include sea-level rises of about 23 ... years ago at the height of the Ice Age.—Peter Tyson Click on the images below ...

N ew geological data has given more insight into the rate and magnitude of global sea level rise following the last ice age, ...

If we keep burning fossil fuels indefinitely, global warming will eventually melt all the ice at the poles and on mountaintops, raising sea level by 216 ... magazine. The maps here show the ...

Global sea level will rise rapidly in ... 10,300 and 8,300 years ago. Ice sheets melted then due to rapid warming after the last ice age.

Samples drilled from deep beneath the sea have revealed just how much global sea levels changed following the last ice age. Melting ice ... Rates of sea level rise peaked at more than 0.4 inch ...

At the height of the last Ice Age, 20,000 years ago, global sea level was a full 120 meters lower than today, because so much of the ocean's water was locked up in the huge ice sheets covering ...