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Originally Posted by Fuzz
One interesting aspect of sea level change is that it doesn't appear to be a universal rise. For instance, if you look at Alaska, you see that sea level has been dropping(top graph):
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/slt...ifictrends.htm
Yet further down the coast it is rising. On the global map:
https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sl.../sltrends.html
The Scandinavian countries are seeing a large decrease yet just south it is increasing. Any idea on the reason for this? When you look at the average trends they look to be in the 0-3 ft/century range. |
My first thought would be isostatic rebound in those regions. As the ice packs/glaciers melt in regions like Alaska or Scandinavia the weight on the land mass is reduced and as such sea level drops relatively.