Sea Level · Data API

Global Sea Level Rise

How much the world's average sea level has risen each year since 1880.

Annual global mean sea level change compiled by the US Environmental Protection Agency from CSIRO reconstructions and NOAA satellite measurements, with error bounds. Climate-risk, insurance, property and ESG platforms use it for coastal risk context and reporting.

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Source: EPA Climate Indicators: Sea Level (Open Knowledge datasets/sea-level-rise) · ODC-PDDL-1.0 · US EPA Climate Change Indicators (CSIRO and NOAA data), packaged by the Open Knowledge Foundation datasets project

Endpoints

Every request is authenticated with your X-API-Key and counted against your plan.

  • GET /v1/data/global-sea-level-rise
  • GET /v1/data/global-sea-level-rise/search?q=...
  • GET /v1/data/global-sea-level-rise/{key}

Base path /v1/data/global-sea-level-rise · full reference in the interactive docs. Also exposed as an MCP tool for AI agents.

Fields

FieldTypeDescription
yeardateYear of observation
csiro_adjusted_sea_levelfloatCSIRO adjusted sea level change (inches)
lower_error_boundfloatLower error bound (inches)
upper_error_boundfloatUpper error bound (inches)
noaa_adjusted_sea_levelfloatNOAA satellite adjusted sea level change (inches)

What you get

Annual series since 1880
Two independent measurement sources
Error bounds included
Simple year lookup

FAQ

What is the baseline?
Values are cumulative change in inches relative to the series start.
Why are some NOAA values empty?
Satellite measurements only begin in 1993.

Pricing

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Create an account to get your API key. It's free — no credit card required.

curl -X POST https://api.aristocles.com.au/v1/auth/register \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"email": "you@example.com", "name": "Your Name"}'
2

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Use your API key in the X-API-Key header to authenticate requests.

curl https://api.aristocles.com.au/v1/data/asx \
  -H "X-API-Key: your_api_key_here"
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Need more requests? Upgrade to Pro or Enterprise — you'll be redirected to Stripe Checkout.

curl -X POST "https://api.aristocles.com.au/v1/billing/checkout?tier=pro" \
  -H "X-API-Key: your_api_key_here"
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Check usage

Monitor your daily request count and remaining quota at any time.

curl https://api.aristocles.com.au/v1/usage \
  -H "X-API-Key: your_api_key_here"