NASA finds global sea level rose faster than expected last year

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Due to an "unusual warming of the oceans", the marine level increased more than expected in 2024, the warmest year ever recorded on Earth, after an analysis by the American Space Agency published on Thursday 13 March.

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Global sea levels rose faster than expected last year, NASA says

Since the satellite recording of ocean height began in 1993, the rate of annual sea level rise has more than doubled.

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Global sea level rose higher than expected last year. Here’s why.

Last year’s rate of average global sea level rise was 0.23 inches per year, higher than the expected 0.17 inches per year, NASA found. The rise follows are trend of rapidly increasing rates over the past 30 years.

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The sea level continues to rise, and it rose higher than expected in 2024. The main cause of this rise has changed. ...

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Scientists shocked by acceleration of melting crisis: 'We are surprised by the rate'

From the towering peaks of the Himalayas to the frozen shores of Alaska, the world's ice is vanishing at an alarming rate — and it's affecting more than just the landscape. What's happening? Scientists estimate that 15 million people are at risk of experiencing catastrophic flooding as glacial lakes swell and burst. In Bhutan, for example, authorities are relocating entire communities to protect them from deadly glacial lake outburst floods (GLO…

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‘Unexpected’ rate of sea level rise in 2024: NASA

Earth’s oceans rose faster than expected last year as the world experienced its hottest year on record, NASA says.