Global sea level increased at an average of *** millimeters per year between 1993 and 2019. Thermal expansion (changes in water temperature and salinity) were estimated to have accounted for around ** percent of sea level rise in the period. Meanwhile, mass increase from melting ice caps and glaciers contributed with a rise in *** millimeters per year during the period.
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