Modern sea-level rise breaks 4,000-year stability in southeastern China
Modern sea-level rise breaks 4,000-year stability in southeastern China
Global Mean Sea Level followed three distinct stages from 11,700 years before present (BP) to the modern day: (1) rapid early Holocene rise driven by the deglacial melt of land ice; (2) 4,000 years of stability from around 4200 BP to the mid-nineteenth century when regional processes dominated sea-level change; and (3) accelerating rise from the mid-nineteenth century.
Figure 4a:
Makes it quite clear: sea is responding with a delay, but it will respond, and then very likely - for a long while, it won't stop responding even if the driving force is removed.
Depends on what temperature we stop at — 2°C keeps most of the ice. Higher temperatures won't