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During most of the earth's history, global sea levels have been _________ than they are today.

A) Lower
B) Higher
C) Less predictable
D) More predictable

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B) Higher because, if you think as much rain we have gotten and when it snows then it melts and the water goes up higher
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Answer: B) Higher.

During most of the earth's history, global sea levels have been higher than they are today. It may be up to 50 - 100 meters higher than the present. Every year 8 millimeter of water from the ocean falls into Antarctica and Greenland ice sheets as snowfall.


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