These are foreseeable expenses that
occur at certain times of the year: Christmas gifts, back - to - school clothing, family vacations, oil changes on the car.
Although the calculations
of 18 -
year rates
of GMSL rise based on the different reconstruction methods disagree by as much as 2 mm mm yr - 1 before 1950 and on details
of the variability (Figure 3.14), all do indicate 18 -
year trends that were significantly higher than the 20th century average
at certain times (1920 — 1950, 1990 — present) and lower
at other periods (1910 — 1920, 1955 — 1980), likely related to multidecadal variability.The IPCC AR5 found that it is likely that a sea level rise rate comparable to that since 1993
occurred between 1920 and 1950.