Changes

[[Image:Sea level increase Slide11.png|thumb|319px|Global sea level measured by surface gauges between 1807 and 2002 and by satellite between 1993 and 2006]]

[[Image:Sea level increase Slide11.png|thumb|319px|Global sea level measured by surface gauges between 1807 and 2002 and by satellite between 1993 and 2006]]

Sea level increase in the last few centuries is the result of natural factors and is unrelated to [[anthropogenic global warming]]. The trend of 7 inches per century began in the 1850s, long before the use of [[fossil fuels]]; see [[Hydrocarbon use]].

'''Sea level increase''' in the last few centuries is the result of natural factors and is unrelated to [[anthropogenic global warming]]. The trend of 7 inches per century began in the 1850s, long before the use of [[fossil fuels]]; see [[Hydrocarbon use]].