Weather & Calamities
Intermediate
Sea-Level Rise (Thermal Expansion)
Rise in sea level as ocean water warms and expands.
Formula
Variables
ΔhRise in sea level
hDepth of the ocean layer
βThermal expansion coefficient
ΔTTemperature change
Example
Warming water expands, raising seas even before any ice melts
Did You Know?
Thermal expansion causes roughly a third to a half of observed sea-level rise.
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