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vkoutoday at 6:33 AM1 replyview on HN

Sea level rise was much faster before the cooling of the Younger Dryas.


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timschmidttoday at 6:43 AM

You're right, and here's a graph: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Past_sea_level#/media/File:Pos...

It's possible the sea level rise could have initiated the cooling. But there is much disagreement as to what exactly initiated the de-glaciation which caused the sealevel rise.