Blue and Green: Sea level rises across the planet have been accelerating over the past two decades, not declining as previously thought.
A new study has found that sea level rise has accelerated in recent decades, countering claims that total sea level rise is lower than previously estimated.
Previous research had predicted that over the past 20 years, the rate at which sea levels were rising had slowed down, but the new study suggests a rise of between 2.6 and 2.9mm per year between 1993 and 2010.
The...