Ocean water expands as it warms, researchers said. Climate change was a major driver to an unexpected level of sea level rise in 2024, according to a new NASA analysis. Global sea levels rose 0.23 ...

The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are on course for rapid retreat, even collapse, leading to multiple feet of sea level rise even if the world pulls off the miraculous and keeps global ...

The last report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), published in 2021, predicted 1 to 2 metres of sea level rise over many centuries if the rise in temperature was limited to ...

Sea level rise sped up in 2024 and is increasing at an 'unprecedented' rate, NASA says By Rebekah F. Ward, Staff writer March 17, 2025 ...

There are two main reasons why the AMOC affects sea level rise, said David Thornally, professor of ocean and climate science at University College London, who was not involved in the research. A ...

This chart shows how much ice melt from the Antarctic ice sheet will contribute to global mean sea level increase in a scenario with +1.5°C of warming (black) vs no additional warming (dashed lines).

Global average sea levels have risen between 21 and 24 cm (8.3 - 9.4 inches) since 1880, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a U.S. government agency. It says the ...

By luck of geology, the Pacific Northwest coast isn’t being hit nearly as hard as other areas of the world by climate change-driven sea level rise. While the U.S. East Coast is expected to see ...