The increased precipitation didn't materialize. That paper you fellows brought up (through Hockey Schtick, I think) had an explanation for that regarding how clouds form and dissipate. It was the one that thought climate sensitivity should be closer to 4.5C than to 3. Anyway, the increased water temperatures have as have the increased glacial flow rates, particularly where ice shelves have collapsed. The rate at which Antarctic and Greenland are putting water into the oceans - raising sea levels - has increased. Do YOU have an explanation for that?
Then why is sea level rise
slowing down?
It's not. It's actually accelerating.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_level_rise
Current sea level rise is about 3 mm/year worldwide. According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), "this is a significantly larger rate than the sea-level rise averaged over the last several thousand years", and the rate may be increasing.[2] This rise in sea levels around the world potentially affects human populations in coastal and island regions[3] and natural environments like marine ecosystems.[4]
Between 1870 and 2004, global average sea levels rose 195 mm (7.7 in), 1.46 mm (0.057 in) per year.[5] From 1950 to 2009, measurements show an average annual rise in sea level of 1.7 ± 0.3 mm per year, with satellite data showing a rise of 3.3 ± 0.4 mm per year from 1993 to 2009,[6] a faster rate of increase than previously estimated.[7] It is unclear whether the increased rate reflects an increase in the underlying long-term trend.[8]
References
1) US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) (2010). "Sea Level: Climate Change: US EPA". US EPA.
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Is sea level rising?
3) Bindoff, N.L., J. Willebrand, V. Artale, A, Cazenave, J. Gregory, S. Gulev, K. Hanawa, C. Le Quéré, S. Levitus, Y. Nojiri, C.K. Shum, L.D. Talley and A. Unnikrishnan (2007) "Section 5.5.1: Introductory Remarks" in IPCC AR4 WG1 2007 Chapter 5: Observations: Ocean Climate Change and Sea Level ISBN 978-0-521-88009-1
4) Fischlin; et al., "Section 4.4.9: Oceans and shallow seas – Impacts", in IPCC AR4 WG2 2007, Chapter 4: Ecosystems, their Properties, Goods and Services, p. 234
5) Church, John; White, Neil (January 6, 2006). "A 20th century acceleration in global sea-level rise". Geophysical Research Letters 33: L01602. Bibcode:2006GeoRL..3301602C. doi:10.1029/2005GL024826. L01602. Retrieved 2010-05-17. pdf is here [1]
6) Nicholls, Robert J.; Cazenave, Anny (18 June 2010). "Sea-Level Sea-Level Rise and Its Impact on Coastal Zones". Science Magazine 328 (5985): 1517–1520. Bibcode:2010Sci...328.1517N. doi:10.1126/science.1185782.
7) IPCC, Synthesis Report, Section 1.1: Observations of climate change, in IPCC AR4 SYR 2007.
8) IPCC, Synthesis Report, Section 1.1: Observations of climate change, in IPCC AR4 SYR 2007; Dahlman, L. (2009). "NOAA Climate Portal: ClimateWatch Magazine: Climate Change: Global Sea Level". NOAA Climate Services. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
