"Continued Rise: Global Sea Levels Increase Over 9 Centimeters in 30 Years"

NASA has analyzed 30 years of sea-level satellite measurements and found that sea levels have risen by a total of 9.1 centimeters since 1993, with a projected rate of sea level rise hitting 0.66 centimeters per year by 2050. Human-caused climate change is the culprit for this rise, driven by excess amounts of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide that humans pump into the atmosphere. Satellites are tracking the rise of seawater and atmospheric concentrations of gases like carbon dioxide, which are critical yardsticks for how much humans are reshaping the climate.