sea level

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Sixty miles from Julian, I turn onto Bannister Road and bump north along a gravel track for three miles into the basin, to a parking lot 164 feet below sea level.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Last year, the global mean sea level was around 11 centimetres higher than when satellite altimetry records began in 1993.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Ocean warming and sea level rise are projected to continue for centuries.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Using this approach, the researchers determined that global sea level rose by about 90 mm between 1993 and 2022.

From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026

We were five to six thousand feet above sea level now, on a high plateau full of the evidences of recent mountain-building and vulcanism; we were in the Fire-Hills of the Sembensyen Range.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin