Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

Timing of emergence of modern rates of sea-level rise by 1863

  • Jennifer S. Walker,
  • Robert E. Kopp,
  • Christopher M. Little,
  • Benjamin P. Horton

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28564-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Sea-level rise is a significant indicator of climate changes and it is important to identify the time of emergence of modern rates of sea-level rise. Here the authors estimate that global sea-level rise emerged by 1863 and find spatial variability of emergence at sites within the North Atlantic.