Melting land-based ice raises sea levels globally but can produce lowered levels locally

ScienceDaily
Apr 21, 2022, 5:09 pm257 pts
When a large ice sheet begins to melt, global-mean sea level rises, but local sea level near the ice sheet may in fact drop. A researcher illustrates this effect through a series of calculations, beginning with a simple, analytically tractable model and progressing through more sophisticated mathematical…

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