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==== Sea level change ==== During the [[Last Glacial Maximum]], some 25,000 years ago, sea levels were roughly 130 m lower than today. The deglaciation afterwards was characterized by rapid sea level change.{{Sfn|Burroughs|2007|p=279}} In the early [[Pliocene]], global temperatures were 1β2ΛC warmer than the present temperature, yet sea level was 15β25 meters higher than today.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/briefs/hansen_15/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724050602/http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/briefs/hansen_15/|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 July 2011|title=Science Briefs: Earth's Climate History|last=Hansen|first=James|publisher=NASA GISS|access-date=25 April 2013}}</ref>
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