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El Niño Then and Now
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A 35-year satellite altimetry record lets scientists hold this year's El Niño up against its strongest predecessors.
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NASA Analysis Shows La Niña Limited Sea Level Rise in 2025
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A mild La Niña caused greater rainfall over the Amazon basin, which offset rising sea levels due to record warming of Earth’s oceans. The rise in the global mean sea level slowed in 2025 relative to the year before, an…
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Satellite Record of Sea Level Rise From 1993 to 2024
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This graph shows global mean sea level (in blue) since 1993 as measured by a series of five satellites. The solid red line indicates the trajectory of this increase. The dotted red line projects future sea level rise.
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