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.

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

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