Mean sea level is a significant phenomenon in geodetic science and oceanography. The
sea level has experienced an unprecedented rise recently, and this increase can be …

Sea level rise has currently become a major issue for climate change. It has globally drawn
attention because as time passes, global sea levels will continue to rise at an accelerating …

The global ocean plays a critical role in regulating the energy balance of the climate system.
Over 90% of the anthropogenic excess heat goes into the oceans (Church et al. 2013a, b) …

Sea level change is a part of global climate system change. It is an important indicator of
environmental change and affects the ecological environment of coastal areas and islands …

Mean sea level variation is a global phenomenon with spatial variations in trends on
regional levels. Among the key findings of IPCC, global mean sea level has increased and it …

Sea level rise and its impacts in the coastal zones is a question of growing interest in the
scientific community, as well as the media and the public. In effect with extreme events (eg …

Global mean sea level rise has been accelerating for more than 100 years, and the
acceleration in the last two decades seems to further increase. The latest development in …

Sea level rise and coastal erosion had drawn an increasing awareness recently as the
repercussion of increase of sea level and coastal erosion would reshape the earth system …

Researchers agree that there are two main causes to sea-level rise: melting of land-ice and
thermal expansion of ocean water due to global climate warming. However there exist …

The main goal of this chapter is to briefly describe the current state of knowledge regarding
the causes of sea-level rise, summarize recent estimates of how much sea level may rise by …