Earth’s oceans are swelling faster than anytime in past 2,800 years, study shows

For nearly three millenniums, the Earth’s ocean levels fluctuated by just three inches, rising no more than one or one and a half inches per century… The team’s databases also included 66 tide-gauge records, dating back to about 1700, to solve their "geological detective story," as co-author and fellow Rutgers professor Ben Horton calls it.