DescriptionThis graph shows the rise in global mean sea level from 1993 to 2025 based on data from a series of five international satellites. The dotted red line projects future sea level rise. This effect tends to temporarily lower sea levels, offsetting the rise caused by melting glaciers and ice sheets and warming of the oceans, which raises the sea levels through the expansion of water when the temperature increases. The net result in 2025 was a lower-than-average sea level rise. Faster-rising sea levels are likely to resume as the extra water in the Amazon basin makes its way to the oceans.