5,700 years of sea-level change in Micronesia hint at humans arriving much earlier than we thought
- Written by: Juliet Sefton, Assistant Lecturer, Monash University
Mangrove forests on Pohnpei are archives of sea-level change.Juliet Sefton, Author providedSea levels in Micronesia rose much faster over the past 5,000 years than previously thought, according to our new study published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
This sea-level rise is shown by the accumulation of mangrove sediments...
