Sea surface height anomaly, one year
Deep Water · 00:30 · 2026
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Sea level through a porthole
A wave tank visualisation of global mean sea level since 1993, year by year. The waterline creeps up the glass.
What to look for
Read it as a chart rather than a picture. Each step of the waterline is one year since 1993: small from one year to the next, clear over the whole run.
Part of
- The sea has a shape, film 4 of 4. The last film in the series.
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