This document discusses factors that contribute to sea level change, including ocean processes, glaciers and ice caps, the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, interactions between ice sheets and sea level and solid earth, and surface and groundwater storage. Ocean processes like thermal expansion from warming water temperatures affect sea level rise. Glaciers and ice sheets lose mass through melting and discharge, with the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets containing enough water to raise sea levels almost 70 meters. Ice sheet responses to climate change occur over timescales of hundreds to thousands of years. Surface water storage in lakes and groundwater, and human activities also impact sea level variations.