Nineteenth and twentieth century changes in sea level

Woodworth, Philip L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6681-239X; Gehrels, W. Roland; Nerem, R. Steven. 2011 Nineteenth and twentieth century changes in sea level. Oceanography, 24 (2). 80-93. 10.5670/oceanog.2011.29

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Following the Last Glacial Maximum (25,000–20,000 years ago), sea level rose at rates on the order of several tens of millimeters per year at times, and increased overall by over 130 m. However, melting of the great ice sheets was largely complete by 6,000 years ago, and it is believed that sea level did not rise significantly again until recently. The rates of sea level change during the last few centuries and in recent decades can be measured in units of millimeters per year and are particularly important in understanding present-day climate change. We now have a range of techniques with which sea level changes can be measured and thus studied more intensively than before, as a global average and in each region. This article introduces each of the main data sets and presents the primary research findings. It is hoped that a greater understanding of the reasons for past observed sea level change, discussed elsewhere in this issue, will lead to better estimation of the changes likely to occur in the future

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.5670/oceanog.2011.29
ISSN:	1042-8275
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Permission is granted to authors to post their final pdfs, provided by Oceanography, on their personal or institutional Web sites and to deposit those files in their institutional archives, as required.
Additional Keywords:	SEA LEVEL CHANGE; HISTORICAL ACCOUNT; GRACE; ATLANTIC OCEAN
NORA Subject Terms:	Marine Sciences
Date made live:	02 Aug 2011 17:07 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/14777

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