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sea level change

Bits and Bites of Geodesy – Satellite radar altimetry: How do we know that sea level is rising?

Bene Aschenneller and edited by Öykü Koç March 1, 2024

In a previous post, Thomas Frederikse briefly explained how geodesy is used to observe sea level change. In this part of Bits & Bites, Bene delves deeper into the topic. Rising sea levels are one of the consequences of climate change that already impacts people in low-lying coastal regions, and the future prospects are not …[Read More]

Want to really understand sea-level rise? Bring in the geodesists!

Thomas Frederikse and edited by Rebekka Steffen September 28, 2022

A remarkably large number of papers and proposals have sentences like “this study is critical to better project future sea-level rise” in their introduction. Most times this is just marketing to trick reviewers and program managers into believing the work is important. On the other hand, geodetic papers and proposals have some compelling reasons …[Read More]

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