Planetary Orbits and Sea-Level

Joseph Higginbotham*

Joseph Higginbotham*

Volume6-Issue4
Dates: Received: 2025-04-09 | Accepted: 2025-04-15 | Published: 2025-04-18
Pages: 328-339

Abstract

The objective is to show that the known features of global average sea-level over the last 120,000 years can be accounted for by eleven periodic functions associated with planetary orbits – the hypothesis. The method shows that proxy data for relative global average sea-level during the last glacial cycle, with errors measured in meters, and a modern sea-level reconstruction based on tide gauges, with errors measured in millimeters, are accurately fit using these periods and a single constant. The eleven periods, sine and cosine for each, and constant correspond to twenty-three functions. Reasons for including each period are provided. The fit predicts a maximum in global average sea-level on date 9,726 with elevation 12 meters above the 1930 level. Reasonable variations of the input data also predict a maximum in global average sea-level between years 9,726 and 12,605.

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Higginbotham J. Planetary Orbits and Sea-Level. J Biomed Res Environ Sci. 2025 Apr 18; 6(4): 328-339. doi: 10.37871/jbres2088, Article ID: JBRES2088, Available at: https://www.jelsciences.com/articles/jbres2088.pdf

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Climate Change Biology

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