Contribution of ice sheet and mountain glacier melt to recent sea level rise

Altimeter data suggest that sea level rose by about 2.4 mm per year from 2005 to 2011, but estimates of the relative contributions of ocean warming and increased ocean mass are equivocal. An analysis of ocean temperature and satellite gravity data suggests that the delivery of meltwater from ice sheets and mountain glaciers contributed 75% of the observed sea-level rise.

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