[Experts] FW: Regional and global sea-surface temperatures during the last interglaciation

[Odido, Mika]

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Subject: [ioc-staff] Regional and global sea-surface temperatures during the last interglaciation

Sea surface temperatures of the past

Understanding how warm intervals affected sea level in the past is vital for projecting how human activities will affect it in the future. Hoffman et al. compiled estimates of sea surface temperatures during the last interglacial period, which lasted from about 129,000 to 116,000 years ago. The global mean annual values were ∼0.5°C warmer than they were 150 years ago and indistinguishable from the 1995–2014 mean. This is a sobering point, because sea levels during the last interglacial period were 6 to 9 m higher than they are now.


http://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6322/276


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