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Comment author: CellBioGuy 07 November 2015 09:57:56PM *  3 points [-]

http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/images11/SeaLevelRiseRateChart2010.jpg

This is the global mean. Rise measured at any given actual shoreline will be different and sometimes even falling, due to local geology altering elevations of land at not-dissimilar rates in some areas (especially areas where post-glacial rebound is still occurring) as well as thermal expansion being uneven.

Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 08 November 2015 10:40:02AM 1 point [-]

Was something weird happening in the 1920s or is it just an optical illusion due to the black lines?

Comment author: CellBioGuy 12 November 2015 02:26:38AM 0 points [-]

I think you'd see similar anomalies in 1880 and 1985 stand out with similar lines.