Serapeo Temple in Pozzuoli (Italy) as a unique gauge of changes in the Sea (World Ocean) level and global earth surface temperature over 2100 years

Abstract

The changes in the sea level relative to the position of the Serapeo Temple in Pozzuoli (Italy) over 2100 years are discussed in the context of the well-known periods of climate cooling (Neoglacial, Little Ice Age) and climate warming (Medieval Optimum, modern warming). It is noted that the rate of sea level rise relative to the position of the Serapeo Temple in the modern phase of climate warming, which began in the late XVIII century, is about twice higher than in the previous phase of climate warming from the V to the mid-X century A.D. This indicates that not only the natural cyclic component contributes to the mechanisms of modern climate warming, but also an anthropogenic component of approximately equivalent power, which results from the release of CO2 caused by burning fossil fuels.