Record spike in global sea levels

Global average sea levels rose by about 0.76cm from 2022 to 2023, a larger than normal increase due mostly to our warming climate and the effects of a strong El Niño climate phenomenon

2040*
17.3cm
2030*
12.2cm
2020
8.5cm
2010
4.9cm
2000
2.1cm

GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE (cm)

11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 1 0
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025

Mean 

Current annual rate: 0.42cm 
2023 rise: 0.76cm 
Total rise since 1993: 9.40cm
                 
Sources: Yahoo! News/AFP, JPL/NASA
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