Melting glaciers and thermal expansion are driving the ‘acceleration’ of sea level rise to record levels. View on euronews ...

When the planet was heating up at the end of the last Ice Age, ice-melt flooded out by glaciers made oceans rise. Scientists for decades believed that most meltwater had originated from Antarctica.

Sea levels rose and fell many times during the ice age, showing ice sheets were larger and more active much earlier than once believed.

Large changes in global sea level, fueled by fluctuations in ice sheet growth and decay, occurred throughout the last ice age ...