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Anticipating Future Sea Levels

While scientists have grown more confident about projections of sea level rise for the next few decades, many competing factors make it hard to see far into the coastal future.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and sea level rise projections courtesy of Benjamin Hamlington/NASA/JPL-Caltech. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published July 8, 2021
Data acquired June 8, 2021

Sources:
In situ Measurement
Landsat 8
Model
Collection:
Sea Level Rise