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Two main factors contributed to observed sea level rise.[6] The first is thermal expansion: as ocean water warms, it expands.[7] The second is from the contribution of land-based ice due to increased melting. The major store of water on land is found in glaciers and ice sheets.
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Sea level rise is expected to continue for centuries
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On the timescale of centuries to millennia, the melting of ice sheets could result in even higher sea level rise.
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