NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio has released a video showing sea level rise since 1993, when the agency’s satellites began tracking changes.

The video has been created in such a way that viewers feel like cruise passengers looking through the porthole of the cabin. The authors stress that this is the best way to understand scope.

Yes, the ocean level has risen 9.85 centimeters in the last 30 years alone. While the number itself may seem insignificant, NASA assures it is an unprecedented indicator for the past 2,500 years.

Scientists associate what happened with human activities that led to global warming. And they point out: the trend in the near future will affect a large number of coastal settlements around the world, not to mention the natural environment. Unfortunately, so far there is little sign that this will stop any time soon, they conclude.