Rising sea levels, with the UK as an example

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Rising sea levels, with the UK as an example

From 16,000 years ago to present. Yes, you could have walked from Paris to London if they had existed then. It's post-glaciation sea rise.

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Very cool.

I wonder what Hawaii looked like?

#1 feeblemind on 2020-04-25 21:26 (Reply)

This is much more ancient, but there's an interesting theory that the English Channel was formed when water, dammed by ice, broke through and cut a massive channel in the chalk, about 450 thousand years ago.

"The original Brexit: How tremendous ice age waterfalls cut off Britain from Europe" https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/original-brexit-how-tremendous-ice-age-waterfalls-cut-britain-europe
and
"The English Channel Megaflood And How Britain Became An Island" https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaenamontanari/2016/02/06/the-english-channel-megaflood-and-how-britain-became-an-island/#2a49f4607f02

#2 Tom Appleton on 2020-04-25 21:53 (Reply)

Additional note - A VALLEY was created, not the water filled channel we see today. The land became submerged as sea levels rose, in the timeframe of the graphic shown.

[PS Greetings from the 'future', it is just past noon on 26 April in Sydney Australia, although this comment will show as being made about 10pm April 25]

#2.1 Tom Appleton on 2020-04-25 22:08 (Reply)

Gidday! Loved Sydney, visited Australia about 8 years ago for just 12 days. Had a great time, I need to go back for another visit.

#2.1.1 GoneWithTheWind on 2020-04-26 18:00 (Reply)

A show with the same premise played the other night on Smithsonian Channel in the U.S. It also detailed the formation of the Scablands in the NW U.S. and a similarly formed canyon in Iceland. Apparently these large ice dam floods were somewhat common in past ages...

#3 J Michael Skinner on 2020-04-25 22:03 (Reply)

A search for Glacial Lake Missoula will yield a wealth of information--videos, lectures, publications--from general interest to academic tomes on this geologic event. Even a casual look will open your eyes to the power of moving water.

#3.1 rocdoctom on 2020-04-26 10:11 (Reply)

Thanks for that info - that was very cool!

#3.1.1 Jeff Brokaw (Link) on 2020-04-26 18:36 (Reply)

My father, 84, is a geologist and civil engineer and remembers that at Yale in the 50’s discussions of a flood causing the CSL were routinely laughed at and mocked. The science you see was settled.

#3.2 DblTap on 2020-04-27 03:20 (Reply)

Edward Rutherford, in his excellent novel "Sarum", gave a vivid description of how the British Isles became separated from France.

#4 Frances on 2020-04-26 00:21 (Reply)

The big question is: did any polar bears drown?

#5 Jeff Brokaw (Link) on 2020-04-26 09:18 (Reply)

It is interesting too that both statistically and based on what we know about the climate cycles that another ice age is more likely than the alternative pushed by the crazy left wing socialists.

#6 OneGuy on 2020-04-26 18:02 (Reply)

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