Sea levels rose 10 meters above present levels during Earth’s last warm period 125,000 years ago, according to new research that offers a glimpse of what may happen under our current climate change trajectory. Our paper, published today in Nature Communications, shows that melting ice from Antarctica was the main driver of sea-level rise in the last interglacial period, which lasted about 10,000 years. Rising sea levels are one of the biggest challenges to humanity posed by climate change, and sound predictions are crucial if we are to adapt. This research shows that Antarctica, long thought to be the “sleeping…
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