0.59 cm might not sound like much, but 2/3rds of that was due to thermal ocean expansion.
Which takes about 50 times more heat to increase sea levels than melting land-ice does:
Ice melt: ~1.5 ZJ = 1 cm
Ocean heat: ~73 ZJ = 1 cm
1/
0.59 cm might not sound like much, but 2/3rds of that was due to thermal ocean expansion.
Which takes about 50 times more heat to increase sea levels than melting land-ice does:
Ice melt: ~1.5 ZJ = 1 cm
Ocean heat: ~73 ZJ = 1 cm
1/