Several authors have studied the increasing sea level worldwide over the last century. These experts agreed on the accelerating rate of sea level rise in recent decades, which is widely associated to one of the effects of climate change. The study from Dangendorf et al. found a sea level rise in 2015 of around 49.52 millimeters higher than the historic average between 1992 and 2006. Satellite altimeters showed a measurement of 55.29 millimeters.
Mean sea level change from historic average worldwide from 1900 to 2015, by database (in millimeters)*
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Dangendorf et al 2019
Hay et al 2015**
Jevrejeva et al 2014**
Church and White 2011
Ray and Douglas 2011
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Carbon Brief. (September 23, 2019). Mean sea level change from historic average worldwide from 1900 to 2015, by database (in millimeters)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1059491/mean-sea-level-difference-historic-average-worldwide/
Carbon Brief. "Mean sea level change from historic average worldwide from 1900 to 2015, by database (in millimeters)*." Chart. September 23, 2019. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1059491/mean-sea-level-difference-historic-average-worldwide/
Carbon Brief. (2019). Mean sea level change from historic average worldwide from 1900 to 2015, by database (in millimeters)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1059491/mean-sea-level-difference-historic-average-worldwide/
Carbon Brief. "Mean Sea Level Change from Historic Average Worldwide from 1900 to 2015, by Database (in Millimeters)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Sep 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1059491/mean-sea-level-difference-historic-average-worldwide/
Carbon Brief, Mean sea level change from historic average worldwide from 1900 to 2015, by database (in millimeters)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1059491/mean-sea-level-difference-historic-average-worldwide/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Mean sea level change from historic average worldwide from 1900 to 2015, by database (in millimeters)* [Graph], Carbon Brief, September 23, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1059491/mean-sea-level-difference-historic-average-worldwide/