jan 1, 110000 BC - Eemian interglacial period ends and another ice age begins, but humans and the Neanderthal will endure
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Last Interglacial, also known as the Eemian in Europe, was significantly warmer than today in large regions of the Northern Hemisphere, and may have been around 1oC warmer globally. The main reason for this warmer climate was an increased amount of energy from the Sun being received at high northern latitudes due to Earth's orbital configuration, plus Earth had an increased capacity to absorb heat due to vegetation changes and reduced ice and snow cover. The period is also known for global sea level being several metres higher than today. So how high did sea levels get and why?
Contrary to what common sense might tell you, global sea-level is not the same everywhere and can vary by many metres from region to region. Seawater can bulge up in regions under local gravitational influence due to proximity of land masses, undersea mountains, or even due to changes in atmospheric pressure. Physical properties of the sea water such as temperature and salinity will affect its density and hence the volume it occupies. Sea level also depends on the actual amount of water in the oceans, which can be altered significantly during the course of glacial/interglacial cycles depending on the mass of water locked up in glaciers and ice-sheets.
Read more: https://www.skepticalscience.com/LIG3-1207.html
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