The global impact of rising sea level. A wake-up call to highlight once again the global and irreversible consequences of rising sea levels. From Greenland, Miami, New York, Kiribati, Marshall islands, Fiji, Jakarta, Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea, Panama, United Kingdom and the Netherlands will get and sooner or later to experience.
Riding Water sketches a confrontational picture of a near future.


Explanation about Sea level rise
In the twentieth century, sea level has risen about 20 centimeters. For the Netherlands, this is one of the most important consequences of climate warming.

Sea level rise now and in the future
Regional differences and variations from year to year make it difficult to give a single figure for global sea level rise. The most recent sea level reconstructions show that in the twentieth century (from 1902 to 2010) the world average sea level rose between 12 and 21 centimeters. This is a significant increase, because in the last 2400 years the natural variations in sea level have not been more than 9 centimeters per century. In recent years, sea level has been rising twice as fast as in the twentieth century — currently between 4 and 5 millimetres per year — and this rate is increasing.


This is your wake-up call!