How fast did sea levels rise after the last ice age?

  • Kim Cohen
  • M.P. HijmaDeltares
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  • Gert-Jan Reichart
  • Rick HennekamRoyal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research - NIOZ
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  • Sytze Van Heteren
  • Sarah BradleyUniversity of Sheffield
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  • F.S. Busschers
  • Annemiek Vink
  • Lutz Reinhardt
  • Wouter van der Wal
  • Bas Blank
  • Olav Ode
  • L.W.S.W. Amkreutz

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Coverage of appearance of Hijma et al. 2025, Nature  

Period18 Mar 2025 → 21 Mar 2025

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Media coverage

  • TitleRates of relative sea-level rise during the final stage of the last deglaciation
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletFacebook
    Media typeSocial Media
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    Date21/03/25
    DescriptionRates of relative sea-level rise during the final stage of the last deglaciation, the early Holocene, are key to understanding future ice melt and sea-level change under a warming climate. Data about these rates are scarce, and this limits insight into the relative contributions of the North American and Antarctic ice sheets to global sea-level rise during the early Holocene.
    A team of researchers recently constructed an early Holocene sea-level curve based on 88 sea-level data points (13.7–6.2 thousand years ago (ka)) from the North Sea (Doggerland). After removing the pattern of regional glacial isostatic adjustment caused by the melting of the Eurasian Ice Sheet, the residual sea-level signal highlights two phases of accelerated sea-level rise. Learn more here:
    Producer/AuthorGeological Society America
    URLhttps://www.facebook.com/GSA.1888/posts/pfbid02zaJeWRXUo7pk16qBReXQL9YuB8Fb2qUX8a2MSL5BiabJ2kCrzkYbdQ6Y6i3Ev261l
    PersonsMarc Hijma, Kim Cohen
  • TitleNa de laatste ijstijd steeg de zeespiegel 38 meter en verdween Doggerland
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletNRC
    Media typePrint
    Country/TerritoryNetherlands
    Date20/03/25
    DescriptionGeologie - Een verdronken land in de Noordzee geeft antwoord op een prangende vraag: hoe snel kan de zeespiegel stijgen?

    Tijdens het staartje van de laatste ijstijd en de millennia daarna, tussen de 13.700 en 6.200 jaar geleden, steeg de zeespiegel met snelheden tot bijna een centimeter per jaar. Dat schrijven onderzoekers van onder meer het Nederlandse kennisinstituut Deltares deze week in Nature. De periodes met extra snelle stijging werden veroorzaakt door het smelten van de Noord-Amerikaanse en Antarctische ijskappen. Die snelheden geven een inkijkje in wat ons de komende eeuwen mogelijk te wachten staat.
    Producer/AuthorNRC/Gemma Venhuizen
    URLhttps://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/03/20/na-de-laatste-ijstijd-steeg-de-zeespiegel-elk-jaar-een-centimeter-en-verdween-doggerland-a4887047
    PersonsMarc Hijma, Kim Cohen
  • TitleWetenschappers vinden bewijs voor extreme zeespiegelstijging na laatste ijstijd
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletNU.nl
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryNetherlands
    Date19/03/25
    DescriptionWetenschappers hebben ontdekt dat de zeespiegel vlak na de laatste ijstijd snel steeg. Ze analyseerden veenlagen uit de Noordzee van bijna twaalfduizend jaar oud, toen de zee deels land was. Die data helpen de klimaatverandering van nu te begrijpen.
    Producer/AuthorNU.nl/Emma van Bergeijk
    URLhttps://www.nu.nl/klimaat/6349747/wetenschappers-vinden-bewijs-voor-extreme-zeespiegelstijging-na-laatste-ijstijd.html
    PersonsMarc Hijma, Kim Cohen, Olav Ode, L.W.S.W. Amkreutz
  • TitleSea level rise after the last ice age revealed by new geological data
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletPhys.org Earth / Earth Sciences / Environment
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    Date19/03/25
    DescriptionNew geological data has given more insight into the rate and magnitude of global sea level rise following the last ice age, about 11,700 years ago. This information is of great importance to understand the impact global warming has had on the ice caps and on sea level rise.
    Producer/AuthorDeltares
    URLhttps://phys.org/news/2025-03-sea-ice-age-revealed-geological.html
    PersonsMarc Hijma, Kim Cohen, Olav Ode, L.W.S.W. Amkreutz
  • TitleGeomorphology Rules: Sea level rise after the last ice age revealed by new geological data
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletfacebook.com/GeomorphologyRules
    Media typeSocial Media
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    Date19/03/25
    DescriptionNew geological data has given more insight into the rate and magnitude of global sea level rise following the last ice age, about 11,700 years ago. This information is of great importance to understand the impact global warming has had on the ice caps and on sea level rise.
    Producer/AuthorRepost of Phys.org / Deltares
    URLhttps://www.facebook.com/GeomorphologyRules/posts/pfbid02sp26s2gR4F8hEJZi18QdiYA4jo7Y9qMpxR8b9UMrXjoWxa5ZcrxqPiXcu2tCg6cKl
    PersonsKim Cohen

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  • TitleHoe snel steeg de zeespiegel na de laatste ijstijd?
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletUU.nl/niews
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryNetherlands
    Date20/03/25
    DescriptionDankzij een unieke dataset uit de bodem van de Noordzee kunnen we de zeespiegelstijging van vlak na de laatste ijstijd aanzienlijk nauwkeuriger in kaart brengen. In die periode, vanaf 11.700 jaar geleden, steeg de zeespiegel in een snel tempo door de opwarming van de aarde en het smelten van de enorme ijskappen die toen grote delen van Noord-Amerika en Noord-Europa bedekten. Iedere eeuw weer stond het waterpeil een meter of wat hoger. Uit die geschiedenis kunnen we belangrijke lessen trekken: voor het begrijpen van snel smeltende ijskappen bij opwarming destijds, en daarmee ook voor het testen van modellen die moeten beschrijven hoe een toekomstige zeespiegelstijging zich zal voltrekken. De gegevens uit de Noordzeebodem zijn verzameld door een groep onderzoekers instituten in binnen- en buitenland, waaronder Deltares, Universiteit Utrecht, NIOZ en TNO Geologische Dienst Nederland. De resultaten zijn vandaag gepubliceerd in het gerenommeerde vaktijdschrift Nature.
    Producer/AuthorUU-GEO/Stephan Meulebrouck
    URLhttps://www.uu.nl/nieuws/hoe-snel-steeg-de-zeespiegel-na-de-laatste-ijstijd
    PersonsKim Cohen, M.P. Hijma
  • TitleHow fast did sea levels rise after the last ice age?
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletUU.nl/en/news
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryNetherlands
    Date20/03/25
    DescriptionAfter the last ice age, some 11,700 years ago, sea levels rose rapidly due to global warming and the melting of the huge ice sheets that covered large parts of North America and Europe. During the early Holocene, the period after the last ice age, sea levels rose by about one metre a century at some stages. This rapid rise is seen as an important reference point for predicting future sea level rise, particularly now when we are seeing a similar situation with rapidly melting ice sheets due to global warming.
    Producer/AuthorUU-GEO/Stephan Meulebrouck
    URLhttps://www.uu.nl/en/news/how-fast-did-sea-levels-rise-after-the-last-ice-age
    PersonsM.P. Hijma, Kim Cohen
  • TitleSea level rise after the last ice age: more knowledge
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletNIOZ.nl
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryNetherlands
    Date20/03/25
    DescriptionNew geological data has given more insight into the rate and magnitude of global sea level rise following the last ice age, about 11,700 years ago. This information is of great importance to understand the impact global warming has had on the ice caps and on sea level rise. The findings have been published in the scientific journal Nature by researchers from Deltares, Utrecht University, TNO Netherlands Geological Service, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), University of Leeds, University of Sheffield, University of Amsterdam, LIAG and BGR.
    Producer/AuthorNIOZ
    URLhttps://www.nioz.nl/en/news/sea-level-rise-after-the-last-ice-age-more-knowledge
    PersonsM.P. Hijma, Gert-Jan Reichart, Rick Hennekam, Kim Cohen, Sytze van Heteren
  • TitleNew data on historic sea level rise will help scientists see into the future of global warming
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletsheffield.ac.uk/news
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date20/03/25
    DescriptionNew research on historical sea-level rise will give scientists new knowledge into how global warming will affect the earth’s rapidly melting ice sheets.
    Producer/AuthorUniversity of Sheffield
    URLhttps://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/new-data-historic-sea-level-rise-will-help-scientists-see-future-global-warming
    PersonsSarah Bradley, Marc Hijma, Kim Cohen
  • TitleHow fast did sea levels rise after the last ice age?
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletLinkedIn Pulse
    Media typeSocial Media
    Country/TerritoryNetherlands
    Date20/03/25
    DescriptionThanks to a unique dataset collected from the bottom of the North Sea, we can reconstruct sea level rise that occurred after the last ice age considerably more accurately. During this period, some 11,700 years ago, sea levels rose rapidly due to global warming and the melting of the huge ice sheets that covered large parts of North America and Europe. This rapid rise is seen as an important reference point for predicting future sea level rise, particularly now when we are seeing a similar situation with rapidly melting ice sheets due to global warming. The data from the North Sea bed were collected by a group of researchers institutes in the Netherlands and abroad, including Deltares, Utrecht University, NIOZ and TNO Geological Survey of the Netherlands. The results of their study were published today in the leading journal Nature.
    Producer/AuthorUU-GEO/Stephan Meulebrouck
    URLhttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-fast-did-sea-levels-rise-after-c1pye/?trackingId=EXubgIBDtkLST1VymUrYlg%3D%3D
    PersonsMarc Hijma, Kim Cohen
  • TitleHow fast did sea levels rise after the last ice age?
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletTNO news room
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryNetherlands
    Date19/03/25
    DescriptionUntil now, the rates and extent of sea level rise during the early Holocene were poorly understood because of a lack of sound geological data from this period. Researchers from Deltares, the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) and, among others, Utrecht University, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands Institute for Marine Research, Wageningen University and Research and the University of Amsterdam have now been able to draw on a unique dataset from the North Sea region to make highly accurate estimates of sea level rise in the early Holocene for the first time. The results of their study were published today in the leading journal Nature.
    Producer/AuthorTNO communication
    URLhttps://www.tno.nl/en/newsroom/2025/03/sea-levels-rise-after-last-ice-age/
    PersonsMarc Hijma, F.S. Busschers, Kim Cohen
  • TitleMeer kennis over zeespiegelstijging na de laatste ijstijd
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletDeltares.nl
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryNetherlands
    Date19/03/25
    DescriptionDankzij nieuwe geologische gegevens is er nu meer bekend over hoe snel en hoeveel de wereldwijde zeespiegel steeg na de laatste ijstijd, zo’n 11.700 jaar geleden. Deze informatie is van groot belang voor het huidige begrip van de impact van opwarming op ijskappen en daarmee op zeespiegelstijging. Onderzoekers van Deltares, Universiteit Utrecht, TNO-Geologische Dienst van Nederland, TU Delft, NIOZ en Universiteit van Amsterdam publiceerden hierover in het tijdschrift Nature.
    Producer/AuthorDeltares communication
    URLhttps://www.deltares.nl/nieuws/meer-kennis-over-zeespiegelstijging-na-de-laatste-ijstijd
    PersonsMarc Hijma, Kim Cohen
  • TitleSea level rise after the last ice age: more knowledge
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletDeltares.nl
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryNetherlands
    Date19/03/25
    DescriptionThanks to new geological data, we now know more about how fast and how much the global sea level rose after the last ice age, some 11,700 years ago. This information is of great importance for our current understanding of the impact of global warming on ice caps and thus on sea level rise. Researchers from Deltares, Utrecht University, TNO Netherlands Geological Service, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), University of Leeds, University of Sheffield, University of Amsterdam, LIAG and BGR published their findings in the journal Nature.
    Producer/AuthorDeltares communication
    URLhttps://www.deltares.nl/en/news/sea-level-rise-after-the-last-ice-age-more-knowledge
    PersonsMarc P. Hijma, Kim Cohen
  • TitleBehind the Paper Global sea-level rise in the early Holocene revealed from North Sea peats
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletSpringer Nature Research Communities
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryNetherlands
    Date19/03/25
    DescriptionHow fast did sea level rise after the last ice age? Drowned peat layers from the North Sea show that rates were close to 1 m/century. What does this say about the future? Our paper gives all the scientific details, but here you can read and see some nice background stories.
    Producer/AuthorSpringer Nature/Hijma
    URLhttps://communities.springernature.com/videos/02-4_pelagia_vibrocoring_1080
    PersonsM.P. Hijma, Kim Cohen, F.S. Busschers
  • TitleStudie: Anstieg des Meeresspiegels nach der letzten Eiszeit, 19.03.2025
    Media name/outletbgr.bund.de
    Country/TerritoryNetherlands
    Date19/03/25
    DescriptionMit zunehmender globaler Erwärmung schmolzen am Ende der letzten Eiszeit vor etwa 11.700 Jahren die großen Eisschilde in Nordamerika und Europa ab. Als Folge davon stieg der Meeresspiegel rasant an. In welchem Umfang, das vermochte die Wissenschaft aufgrund fehlender verlässlicher geologischer Informationen bisher nicht genau zu sagen. Einem Forschungsteam aus den Niederlanden, Großbritannien und der BGR ist es nun gelungen, einen einmaligen Datensatz aus der Nordsee auszuwerten, der hochpräzise Abschätzungen zum Meeresspiegelanstieg im frühen Holozän erlaubt.
    URLhttps://www.bgr.bund.de/DE/Gemeinsames/Nachrichten/Aktuelles/2025/2025-03-19_studie-anstieg-des-meeresspiegels-nach-der-letzten-eiszeit.html
    PersonsAnnemiek Vink, Lutz Reinhardt, Kim Cohen, Marc Hijma
  • TitleHow fast did sea levels rise after the last ice age?
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outlettudelft.nl
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryNetherlands
    Date18/03/25
    DescriptionNew geological data has given more insight into the rate and magnitude of global sea level rise following the last ice age, about 11,700 years ago. In two phases, sea levels rose around 1 metre per century. This information is of great importance to understand the impact global warming has had on the ice caps and on sea level rise. The findings have been published in the scientific journal Nature by researchers from Deltares, Utrecht University, TNO Netherlands Geological Service, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), University of Leeds, University of Sheffield, University of Amsterdam, LIAG and BGR.
    Producer/AuthorTU Delft
    URLhttps://www.tudelft.nl/en/2025/lr/how-fast-did-sea-levels-rise-after-the-last-ice-age
    PersonsWouter van der Wal, Bas Blank, Kim Cohen