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by trompetenaccoun 1159 days ago
No, it's not just due to weather (you probably mean climate anyway). For example, ice melting in one place, say Antarctica, will affect sea levels elsewhere on the planet because of weaker gravitational forces where the ice used to be. Geoscience is complex and measuring changes on such a global scale is not "pretty easy", even if it's only sea level changes. It's nothing like a bathtub or elementary school physics.

Not to rant but this is one of those threads again. The majority of comments contain misinformation.