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Sea level rising faster as ocean warming doubles global rate
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- Add ARY News on Google AAResize Human-driven climate change continues to raise global sea levels, worsening flooding and threatening coastal communities worldwide.
- For decades, scientists struggled with a “budget gap,” a persistent discrepancy between observed sea-level change and the estimated contributions from melting ice, land water storage, and ocean expansion.
- Research published in Science Advances reconciles measurements from multiple instruments to clarify the sea-level budget.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize Human-driven climate change continues to raise global sea levels, worsening flooding and threatening coastal communities worldwide.
For decades, scientists struggled with a “budget gap,” a persistent discrepancy between observed sea-level change and the estimated contributions from melting ice, land water storage, and ocean expansion. Now, a breakthrough study has finally closed that gap.
Research published in Science Advances reconciles measurements from multiple instruments to clarify the sea-level budget. The comprehensive analysis breaks down the specific drivers of sea-level rise from 1960 to 2023.
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