Portions of the NASA team’s analysis were included in a sea level rise report published by the United Nations in August 2024.

“The highest point in Tuvalu is only a few meters above sea level, so everybody is aware ... its seasonal “king tides” cause severe flooding. It’s been that way for decades.

Tuvalu, whose mean elevation is just 2 m (6.56 ft), has experienced a sea-level rise of 15 cm (5.91 inches) over the past three decades, one-and-a-half times the global average. By 2050 ...