Sea Level Rising? Nah.

Saw the headline a few days ago and waited for Watts Up to debunk it.

And they did.

N.B.:  the headlines are about 'the RATE of sea-level rise.'  In addition:

...First, look at the east coast / west coast differences in relative sea level rise. This is generally not because sea levels are rising at different rates on the east and west coasts. It’s because the land is generally sinking on the east coast and rising on the west coast. Nothing to do with the ocean.

Next, check out the local differences. At Grand Isle, Louisiana, the big red arrow in the Gulf of Mexico, the relative sea level is rising at 9.2 mm per year … while only a short distance away, the green arrow to the right of Grand Isle shows that Pensacola, Florida has a relative sea level rise less than a third of that, 2.7 mm per year.

Why different sea level rise rates? Again, it has nothing to do with the ocean. It’s because Grand Isle is a silty barrier island in the Mississippi Delta, and like all such islands, it’s slowly sinking into the briny blue.

So … guess which areas of the US the serial sea level doomcasters are focused on?...

Charts & graphs at the link. 

Summary:  *Yawn*