The current pace of sea-level rise is three times the historical rate and appears to be accelerating.taken <a href="http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/crosscutting/climate.html.What">http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/crosscutting/climate.html.What</a> this says here is that on the last recorded years scientist has conlude that humans are directly affecting earth by our activity, some things like burning fossil fuels, and other things that are damaging our earth and the