Science
How will sea levels change with climate change? – Livescience.com
In some places, sea levels are actually falling.
Sea level rise is not a new phenomenon. For much of the 20th century, the global mean sea level has been inching upward about 0.05 inches (1.4 millimeters) per year, according to the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
. Global mean sea level is an average of all the seas covering the Earth
. But during the last two decades, the rate has more than doubled. From 2005 to 2015, sea levels rose by 0.1 inches (3.6 mm) per year.
But is this rise consistent worldwide?
Nope, not…
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