Scientists found that sea levels rose rapidly 11,700 years ago due to melting ice sheets and sudden lake drainage.

Over time, it was filled with sediment, preserving the animals until a pair of fossil ... an obscure period of the Pleistocene ice ages. "The fossil record everywhere, not just in Florida, is ...

New geological data has given more insight into the rate and magnitude of global sea level rise following the last ice age, ...

and physical models of ongoing sea level changes due to the last ice age to determine the sources of the observed variability in 20th century sea level trends, according to Hay. Hay said it is ...