Sentences with phrase «rate of global sea level rise»

The average annual rate of global sea level rise accelerated from 1993 - 2008, increasing 65 - 90 percent above the twentieth century average.

For reference, the recent rate of global sea level rise is 3 mm / yr.

The rate of change of the theoretical mean sea level from year to year is not constant either, due to changing rate of the global sea level rise and changes in the Baltic Sea water balance.

Joughin et al. (2010) applied a numerical ice sheet model to predicting the future of PIG, their model suggested ongoing loss of ice mass from PIG, with a maximum rate of global sea level rise of 2.7 cm per century.

They report in the journal Land Use Policy that they considered the implications of an ever faster rate of global sea level rise, as atmospheric temperatures warm and glaciers melt.

Decadal rate of sea level rise from satellites (red curve) appended to the decadal rate of global sea level rise as determined from a nine - station tide gauge network for the period 1904 — 2003 (blue curve) and from a 177 - station tide gauge network for the period 1948 — 2002 (magenta).

However, according to the IPCC AR5, the average rate of global sea level rise over the 21st Century will very likely exceed that observed during 1971 - 2010 for a range of future emission scenarios.

The rate of change of the theoretical mean sea level from year to year is not constant either, due to changing rate of the global sea level rise and changes in the Baltic Sea water balance.

The authors further note that «Estimates of recent rates of global sea level rise (GSLR) vary considerably» noting that many scientists have calculated rates of 1.5 to 2.0 mm per year over the 20th century.

In fact, they've discovered the rate of sea level rise on the East Coast is the highest it's been for at least 2,000 years, and the rate of global sea level rise is above 1.7 mm per year, estimated by the International Panel on Climate Change.

Climatologists speculated in the 1990s that Antarctica might actually slow the rate of global sea level rise.

The rate of global sea level rise has been accelerating in recent decades, rather than increasing steadily, according to a new study based on 25 years of NASA and European satellite data.

Since 1992, the rate of global sea level rise measured by satellites has been roughly twice the rate observed over the last century, providing evidence of acceleration.

Finally, the rate of global sea level rise has been decelerating since 2004, the exact opposite of what is implied in this article.

Kolker and Hameed begin their article stating «Determining the rate of global sea level rise (GSLR) during the past century is critical to understanding recent changes to the global climate system.

AR4 concluded that there was «high confidence that the rate of global sea level rise increased from the 19th to the 20th century» but could not be certain as to whether the higher rate since 1993 was reflective of decadal variability or a further increase in the longer - term trend.

On an inter-annual time scale, the rate of the global sea level rise showed a rapid increase during 2015, but was slightly reduced during 2016 corresponding to a neutral El Nino Southern Oscillation index.