Portrait of a Warming Ocean and Rising Sea Levels:<br />Trend of Sea Level Change 1993-2008

Warming water and melting land ice have raised global mean sea level 4.5 centimeters 1.7 inches from 1993 to 2008. But the rise is by no means uniform.

Warming water and melting land ice have raised global mean sea level 4.5 centimeters 1.7 inches from 1993 to 2008. But the rise is by no means uniform.

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