[editor-surveyor]

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Sea levels ceased rising in the early ‘80s.

That is why NOAA switched their datum to satelites instead of land based Benchmarks, allowing them to manipulate the data.
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[Myrddin]

That is why NOAA switched their datum to satelites instead of land based Benchmarks, allowing them to manipulate the data.

Satellite orbits decay. That puts them closer to the surface. If they aren't accounting for the decay, the "rise" may be nothing more than an lower orbit.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

#11. Re why the sea levels rose in the early 80’s. Once they stopped most whale hunting, and the whale population increased, they peed more in the oceans. That’s what caused the seas to rise.

Oceanography 101.