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The sea level has been rising and falling over the last 2,500 years

Rising and falling sea levels over relatively short periods do not indicate long-term trends. Credit: Amir Yurman. Courtesy of the University of Haifa

Rising and falling sea levels over relatively short periods do not indicate long-term trends. Credit: Amir Yurman. Courtesy of the University of Haifa

University of Haifa – “Rising and falling sea levels over relatively short periods do not indicate long-term trends. An assessment of hundreds and thousands of years shows that what seems an irregular phenomenon today is in fact nothing new,” explains Dr. Dorit Sivan, who supervised the research.

The sea level in Israel has been rising and falling over the past 2,500 years, with a one-meter difference between the highest and lowest levels, most of the time below the present-day level. This has been shown in a new study supervised by Dr. Dorit Sivan, Head of the Department of Maritime Civilizations at the University of Haifa.

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Enormous ‘foot-shaped’ enclosures discovered in Jordan Valley

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Was a ‘mistress of the lionesses’ a king in ancient Canaan?

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Fire out of Africa: a key to the migration of prehistoric man

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Prehistoric funerary precinct excavated in northern Israel

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