Take a Number: 3.2 Millimeters: A Troubling Rise in Sea Level

Tuesday, December 1, 2015 - 10:50 in Earth & Climate

Since 1993, the average rate of increase in sea level has nearly doubled. By 2081, yearly increases are likely to be as high as 16 millimeters a year.

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