RTCC: Slower sea level rise in the past decade is due to the influence of natural weather patterns and especially the El Nino cycle, scientists say.
Climate change is causing sea level rise both through thermal expansion, where the sea expands as it warms, and through melting of glaciers and ice sheets, which is adding to the amount of water in the sea.
But natural variation can change the rate of sea level rise from year to year.
A particularly important short-term influence is the cyclical El...