The 25-year record of altimetry data allows scientists to determine trends. For example, between 1993 and 2018 the global ocean rose 3.2 mm every year, on average.
But, altimetry measurements also reveal that the over the last five years the global ocean has risen, on average, 4.8 mm a year.
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