claim: The thermal expansion of the oceans, compounded by melting glaciers, resulted in the highest global sea level on record in 2015.
evidences.evidence_id: Sea level rise:26
evidences.article: Sea level rise
evidences.evidence: Since the last glacial maximum about 20,000 years ago, the sea level has risen by more than 125 metres (410 ft), with rates varying from less than a mm/year to 40+ mm/year, as a result of melting ice sheets over Canada and Eurasia.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Sea level rise:3
evidences.article: Sea level rise
evidences.evidence: This acceleration is due mostly to human-caused global warming, which is driving thermal expansion of seawater and the melting of land-based ice sheets and glaciers.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Sea level rise:4
evidences.article: Sea level rise
evidences.evidence: Between 1993 and 2018, thermal expansion of the oceans contributed 42% to sea level rise; the melting of temperate glaciers, 21%; Greenland, 15%; and Antarctica, 8%.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Sea level rise:56
evidences.article: Sea level rise
evidences.evidence: The three main reasons warming causes global sea level to rise are: oceans expand, ice sheets lose ice faster than it forms from snowfall, and glaciers at higher altitudes also melt.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Sea level:63
evidences.article: Sea level
evidences.evidence: Most of this rise can be attributed to the increase in temperature of the sea and the resulting slight thermal expansion of the upper 500 metres (1,640 feet) of sea water.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS