The Human Impacts Database

A collection of useful numbers for quantifying the impacts of the human presence on Earth.

This quantity comes from a time series measurement and the most recent value (2018) is reported.


Value:		0.208 ± 0.010 m see this value in other units This is equivalent to... 208 ± 10 mm
HuID:		82885
Relevant Year(s):		2018
Summary:		The observed global mean sea level difference from the average of 1900.
Method:		Measurements come from a combination of tide-gauge and satellite altimetry methods. Uncertainty reflects the bounds of the 90% confidence interval.
Source:		Frederikse, T., Landerer, F., Caron, L., Adhikari, S., Humprey, V.W., Dangendorf, S., Hogart, P., Zanna, L., Cheng, L., Wu, Y.H. The causes of sea-level rise since 1900. Nature (2020)
Dataset:		Observed global mean sea level rise from 1900 (Frederikse2020_observed_GMSL_from_1900.csv) global resolution
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Original Data License:		No Stated Copyright - Contact authors directly
Added By:		gchure