curprev13:3913:39, 22 June 2024 EMsmiletalkcontribs 194,738 bytes+22 my suggestion is to treat "sea level rise" as a noun here, in which case we could easily change the wording so that the article's title could appear in bold in the first sentence. I know this is not mandatory but I think it is easier for the reader like this.undoTag: Visual edit
curprev17:4817:48, 9 June 2024 FeydHuxtabletalkcontribs 194,723 bytes−55 Tweak lede for better conformance with the source & main stream science (In this context, glaciers like Thwaites is no more a polar glacier than a Grizzly in north Alaska would be a polar bear.)undoTags: nowiki addedVisual edit
curprev09:2209:22, 8 June 2024 FeydHuxtabletalkcontribs 194,779 bytes+180 →Causes: Add other SLR causes, readers might be wondering why the thermal expansion + ice melt percentages don't add to 100% (We could also mention things like frost melt & water vapour changes, but that might be too much.)undo
curprev16:4516:45, 1 June 2024 InformationToKnowledgetalkcontribs 194,279 bytes+5,473 Condensed 2100 projections and added a section on MICI to properly explain the main reason why some SLR projections are so much higher than the others. Condensed 2300 projections and reordered them to go chronologically.undo
curprev17:4817:48, 28 May 2024 InformationToKnowledgetalkcontribs 188,338 bytes+4,054 Rewrote the section explaining process-based vs. semi-empirical projections after finding the source used & the more recent material. Added four more images, and moved two existing ones to the lead.undo
curprev15:3015:30, 3 February 2024 InformationToKnowledgetalkcontribs 191,371 bytes+626 Improved some wording and references. "This largely fulfils the Paris Agreement goals" sentence seemingly implied that the melting was one of the goals. "higher than 2.5 greater than the preindustrial" is just a step backwards.undo
curprev18:5418:54, 13 January 2024 InformationToKnowledgetalkcontribs 185,427 bytes−442 I disagree with the exclusion of some high-grade projections of near-term sea level rise, and found a different way to condense that section. Still subject to improvement, but I consider this superior.undo
curprev06:5406:54, 9 November 2023 RCraig09talkcontribs 185,351 bytes−44 →top: remove {{Climate change and society|Effects/Risk template as Sea level rise relates to climate change in general and not to "society" in particular . . .undo
curprev15:3415:34, 11 October 2023 RCraig09talkcontribs 181,989 bytes+23 add NOINCLUDE to <noinclude>{{Climate change and society|Effects/Risk}}</noinclude> to avoid duplication of template in transclusions to other articles.undo
curprev06:0906:09, 19 July 2023 RCraig09talkcontribs 180,396 bytes+850 →Changes to land water storage: Water redistribution caused by irrigation from 1993 to 2010 caused a drift of Earth'srotational pole by {{convert|78.48|cm|in}}, causing an amount of groundwater depletion equivalent to a global sea level rise of {{convert|6.24|mm|inches}}.<ref name=GeophysRschLtrs_20230615>undo
curprev15:1215:12, 16 July 2023 InformationToKnowledgetalkcontribs 180,158 bytes−2,124 Took out a paragraph which didn't talk about sea level rise itself, and a paragraph reliant on a very old and obscure source with no subsequent corroboration, as per talk page.undo
curprev07:2307:23, 10 July 2023 EMsmiletalkcontribs 181,770 bytes−522 →Regional variations: I don't think that we need this specific example here, with a ref to a newspaper article. The subsidence issue has been explained well already in the paragraph and adding another example from the United States makes this even more Global North centric than most Wikipedia articles already are...undoTag: Visual edit
curprev07:1907:19, 10 July 2023 EMsmiletalkcontribs 182,292 bytes−1,302 →Measurements: I am not sure about this stripe chart, seems like the image was taken from a tweet - gets flagged up as unreliable. Also I think stripe charts work better with temperatures. But perhaps others love it. See talk page.undoTag: Visual edit
curprev16:3616:36, 29 June 2023 InformationToKnowledgetalkcontribs 182,634 bytes−495 Condensed whatever I could, particularly in the Antarctica and past sea level rise sections. NOAA projection wasn't about heat content specifically, so moved it to its proper section.undo
curprev14:4814:48, 29 June 2023 InformationToKnowledgetalkcontribs 183,129 bytes+276 While this article is space-constrained, not mentioning 2100 sea level rise in the lead at all is untenable and likely underestimates the importance of mitigation in our lifetimes. Also took far too long to notice the incorrect chapter number in the anchor links. Sea turtle entry misinterpreted the scope of the reference cited and the section could be condensed.undo
curprev13:0113:01, 27 June 2023 EMsmiletalkcontribs 182,733 bytes+344 added some info to caption. I think we need to explain the reference point taken as otherwise it's unclear why it used to be negative if it starts at 1880. Also good to add the source for this data as a ref in the caption. I think.undoTag: Visual edit
curprev12:1212:12, 27 June 2023 EMsmiletalkcontribs 182,340 bytes+77 →Glaciers: changed section headings to formulate them as actual causes, not as geography (like "Greenland ice sheet melting" instead of just "Greenland"). I have some further questions on this, see talk page.undoTag: Visual edit
curprev12:0612:06, 27 June 2023 EMsmiletalkcontribs 182,263 bytes+4 →Measurement: moved measurement section up. I think it's important to have this early as it fits with the logical flow: what is happening, what is being measured and how, why is this happening, what are the impacts.undoTag: Visual edit
curprev15:2115:21, 13 January 2023 InformationToKnowledgetalkcontribs 175,870 bytes−5,030 Another attempt at condensing the article by preventing duplication of information whenever possible & moving extraneous detail from the Greenland section. Moved a highly detailed paragraph from the intro to impacts and vice versa. Added a sentence on ghost forests. Removed old mountain glacier graphics and added Thwaites Glacier photo.undo
curprev06:4506:45, 9 January 2023 InformationToKnowledgetalkcontribs 180,994 bytes−1,230 Condensing the article to remove any duplication in wording while preserving as much useful information as possible. Also attempted to apply automated unit conversions throughout, though I'm not sure about the outcome.undo
8 January 2023
curprev19:0219:02, 8 January 2023 RCraig09talkcontribs 182,224 bytes+1,055 →Glaciers: adding File:2015-2100 Impacts of global warming on glaciers and sea level rise.svg Based on current national pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, global mean temperature is projected to increase by +2.7 °C, which would cause loss of about half of Earth's glaciers by 2100--causing a sea level rise of 115±40 millimeters.<ref name=Science_20230105> . . . . Sorry, I know this *adds* to length, but forecast is more relevant than the 2004 glacier "map" (delete?)undo
curprev15:5115:51, 8 January 2023 InformationToKnowledgetalkcontribs 181,129 bytes+9,236 Rewrote the 21st century section again as it was poorly structured and full of ludicrously vague wording like "most other reports since 2020". Decided that an extended discussion of all four scenarios rather than only the highest would be far more useful. Plus, added 2150-2300 projections & a few more updates.undo
curprev11:3011:30, 27 October 2022 Femke (alt)talkcontribs 168,784 bytes−11 No need to mention now/current/present tense four times in one sentence. Still thinking about how to copyedit second partundoTags: Mobile editMobile web editAdvanced mobile edit
curprev22:2222:22, 26 October 2022 EMsmiletalkcontribs 168,807 bytes−2 moved this sentence as it looked funny to me to have a long sentence. Leads often work well with 4 paragraphs; total length of lead works well at 450 to 550 words, I think. And it should be a summary of the article. Just saying for the benefit of User:InformationToKnowledgeundoTag: Visual edit
curprev22:2022:20, 26 October 2022 EMsmiletalkcontribs 168,809 bytes+105 I've done some edits to the first para, based on talk page discussions. I do think the mm per year figures are useful as they help to show the acceleration that is happening (I wasn't going to edit this lead until more consensus is reached but I see that User:InformationToKnowledge is now working on the article, too, so I thought I might as well join in the action. But don't forget to use the talk page, too.undoTag: Visual edit
curprev14:4614:46, 23 October 2022 InformationToKnowledgetalkcontribs 151,555 bytes+3,955 Several Greenland references had confused its contribution alone with the global sea level rise, and were cited in a self-contradictory manner. Added more reliable references + two images from the glacier article.undo
curprev19:4719:47, 7 July 2022 RCraig09talkcontribs 150,164 bytes−19 →top: minor changes (singular/plural), . . . wording . . . . worried about vagueness of " Widespread coastal flooding is expected with several degrees of warming" (how much is "several degrees of warming")undo
curprev19:3119:31, 7 July 2022 Femketalkcontribs 150,183 bytes−2,610 Changing lede: removing narrative of higher-and-higher projections (fairly stable over last 7 years), remove rest of primary sources (NOAA/IPCC remain). More emphasis on mitigation per talkundoTag: Visual edit
