Sentence examples for low sea level from inspiring English sources

Polar continental shelves in areas that escaped glaciation during the ice ages were exposed during periods of low sea level, especially in the Bering Strait and Sea (Beringia), which facilitated migration of people to North America from Asia, and in the Laptev and East Siberian seas.

"We went from very cold and low sea level to a mild climate with normal sea level," says Ridgwell.

In contrast, this summer was characterized by low sea level pressure over the central Arctic and Greenland.

During ice ages a higher proportion of the waters of the Earth is bound in the polar ice caps, resulting in a relatively low sea level.

Because of low sea level, the sedimentary and fossil records of the Precambrian-Cambrian transition are generally most complete toward the outer margins of continental shelves.

The previous six summers have been dominated by high sea level pressure over the Beaufort Sea and Greenland, paired with low sea level pressure over Eurasia a pattern that helps to transport warm air into the Arctic.

Causes of this extinction event remain unclear, but they may be related to the changing climate and exceptionally low sea levels of the time.

During the glacial stages of low sea levels, at least parts of the shelf were exposed above the sea to serve as land bridges for Asiatic fauna to migrate into western Indonesia.

Genetic studies of ancient bones and later American Indians indicate their ancestors came from northeast Asia, possibly across the Bering land bridge at a time of low sea levels during the last ice age.

Low sea levels occur during cool climate phases.

At that time, low sea levels had exposed large areas of the gentle slope of the east coast of South America.