Probabilistic reanalysis of twentieth-century sea-level rise

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 517; no. 7535; pp. 481 - 484
• Main Authors: Hay, Carling C., Morrow, Eric, Kopp, Robert E., Mitrovica, Jerry X.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 22.01.2015; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 704/106/694; 704/2151/2809; Analysis; Bias; Climate change; Climate Change - statistics & numerical data; Estimates; Glaciers; Global temperature changes; History, 20th Century; History, 21st Century; Human Activities; Humanities and Social Sciences; Ice; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; letter; multidisciplinary; Ocean-atmosphere interaction; Oceans and Seas; Probability; Science; Sea level; Seawater - analysis; Thermal expansion; Tidal analysis; Tidal Waves; Time Factors; Uncertainty; Water storage

A statistical reassessment of the tide gauge record concludes that sea level rose at a rate of about 1.2 millimetres per year from 1901 to 1990, slightly lower than prior estimates and now consistent with estimates based on individual contributions to sea-level change; the estimates reported here fr...