World Oceans Day: Scientists ‘taken aback by scale and speed of ocean changes’ 'oceans currently encroach on the land around 3.3mm a year, and the rate is accelerating. Recent studies using varied scenario planning said that current warming trends could lift the seas as much as two metres by 2100.' france24.com Submitted by mofongo on June 9, 2019 at 4:46 PM in Science No comments 4