Sea level rising: Water to fill 10,00,000 Olympic-size pools per day added to oceans between 2021-22

The 0.11-inch rise in sea level in just a year is equal to adding water from a million Olympic-size swimming pools to the ocean every day for a year...

The satellite data analysis by Nasa revealed The annual rate of rise or how quickly sea level rise is happening that researchers expect to see has also increased from 0.08 inches per year in 1993 to 0.17 inches in 2022..

We have this clear view of recent sea level rise and can better project how much and how quickly the oceans will continue to rise because NASA and Centre National dtudes Spatiales (CNES) have gathered decades of ocean observations..

Researchers, however, maintained that despite natural influences like La Nia, sea levels continue to rise because of human-caused climate change driven by the excess amounts of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide that society pumps into the atmosphere...

Sea level rise projections. (Nasa). With climate change melting the ice caps and glaciers retreating at a faster rate, more and more water is projected to be added to the oceans..

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