Talk:Past sea level

Floods
This needs to be linked to mythological and geological flood articles. Badly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.79.52.200 (talk) 23:29, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

So many self-contradictions
I know that this is a politicized topic but seriously, it's so tiresome. At the top, this article claims that sea-levels have not been higher since the Eemian. At the bottom, it claims that 5000 years ago levels were 3 meters higher than present day. Since I came here looking for information precisely regarding 5,000 years ago (contemporaneous with stone circle construction) this is not terribly helpful. There's a comment that today's sea level is close to the lowest ever, but was 130m lower (about 20% of total variation) 20,000 years ago. There's babble about a meltwater pulse "centered" 8,000 years ago and a handy accompanying chart which shows a swift rise from 11kbp to 8.5kbp but then a slowing rate, with no sign of a pulse. There's babble about "fossilized beaches" being proof of sea level decline, when it's well known that near or under the glaciation they are much more likely to be Post-glacial rebound. The usage of "historical" in this sentence is idiosyncratic to say the least: "The current sea level is about 130 metres higher than the historical minimum." 3 meters higher than the historical minimum is much more accurate. And so on. 172.5.154.148 (talk) 23:23, 27 June 2021 (UTC)
 * The "3 meters higher" edit appears to be unsourced from an anonymous IP editor. Probably should be removed.
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Past_sea_level&type=revision&diff=976323106&oldid=972456067
 * -- DMahalko (talk)

Malta?
Apparently substantially flooded c. 1000–900 eliminating former coastal settlements and separating the previously connected islands: This guy is mostly focused on philology but if the geology is sound we should at least mention/link whatever was going on so recently in the central Mediterranean here. — Llywelyn II   02:57, 7 April 2024 (UTC)