Last year’s rate of average global sea level rise was 0.23 inches per year, higher than the expected 0.17 inches per year, NASA found. The rise follows are trend of rapidly increasing rates over the past 30 years.

Global sea level rose faster than expected in 2024, mostly because of ocean water expanding as it warms, or thermal expansion. According to a NASA-led analysis, last year's rate of rise was 0.23 inches (0.

Global sea levels rose 0.23 inches (0.59 centimeters) in 2024, surpassing the expected 0.17 inches, according to NASA. A NASA-led analysis published Thursday found that thermal expansion, the process of ocean water expanding as it warms, played a big role in the “unexpected” rise.

NASA data shows global sea levels are rising faster than expected. Most of the rise in 2024 came from ocean warming, not melting ice.

As climate change continues to drive global sea level rise, many people living in coastal areas are already seeing the effects. Coastal erosion is accelerating and shifting coastlines inland, and storm surges are getting worse.

Global sea levels rose more than expected in 2024, Earth's hottest year on record, according to an analysis released Thursday by the US space agency NASA.

The world’s seas rose by 0.59cm in 2024, well above the 0.43cm predicted by scientists. Read more at straitstimes.com.

It is well known that sea levels are rising worldwide as a result of climate change. Last year, however, the increase was unexpectedly large, according to NASA.

The Grays Harbor County Board of Commissioners consisting of Georgia Miller, Rick Hole and Vickie Raines got their first opportunity to learn about the ongoing Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Study.

Since the satellite recording of ocean height began in 1993, the rate of annual sea level rise has more than doubled. View on euronews