The Human Impacts Database

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

This quantity is a single measurement of the quantity at a given point in time (1993 — 2018).


Value:		{1.97 (-0.34, + 0.36)} × 10^-3 m / yr see this value in other units This is equivalent to... 1.97 (-0.34, + 0.36) mm / yr
HuID:		97108
Relevant Year(s):		1993 — 2018
Summary:		The annual rise in global sea level due to melting of glaciers, the Greenland ice sheet, and Antarctic ice sheet. This Includes only sea level rise due to meltwater and does not include influence due to terrestrial water storage such as reservoirs.
Method:		See Table 1 of the source for more information, uncertainty represents a 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:		Linear interval sea level change by source (Frederikse2020_table1_linear_sealevel_change.csv) global resolution
Original Data License:		No Stated Copyright - Contact authors directly
Added By:		gchure