So the sea level can rise in one area only?
Of course, Mother Erf is going to punish the U.S. the most because of our evil, oil consuming capitalistic ways.
The screeching about sea level rise in specific locales is due to subsidence in those locales. The land is settling. That can be due to a number of things. The only human-related cause would be depleting the aquifer more rapidly than it naturally replenishes, for drinking water.