Talk:Past sea level

Floods[edit]

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)[reply]

So many self-contradictions[edit]

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)[reply]

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?[edit]

Apparently substantially flooded c. 1000–900 BC eliminating former coastal settlements and separating the previously connected islands:

Vella, John (January 2023), "Greek Words in Maltese Harbour Toponymy" (PDF), Athens Journal of Mediterranean Studies, vol. 9, pp. 25–52.

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. — LlywelynII 02:57, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]