{"id":1849,"date":"2016-05-11T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/?page_id=1849"},"modified":"2025-10-06T21:58:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:58:21","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-local-sea-level-and-global-sea-level","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/?page_id=1849","title":{"rendered":"What is the difference between local sea level and global sea level?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:15px;background-color:#21212187\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sealevel-global-local.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"[aggregator] downloaded image for imported item #1849\" style=\"border-radius:15px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sealevel-global-local.jpg 960w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sealevel-global-local-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sealevel-global-local-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sealevel-global-local-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: min(min(calc(100% - var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl,4rem)), 720px), 960px)) 100vw, min(min(calc(100% - var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl,4rem)), 720px), 960px)\" title=\"What is the difference between local sea level and global sea level?\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Global sea level trends and relative sea level trends are different measurements. Just as the surface of the Earth is not flat, the surface of the ocean is also not flat \u2014 in other words, the sea surface is not changing at the same rate at all points around the globe. Sea level rise at specific locations may be more or less than the global average due to many local factors: subsidence, ocean currents, variations in land height, and whether the land is still rebounding from the compressive weight of Ice Age glaciers.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sealevel-global-local.jpg\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This  was originally published on https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/facts\/sealevel-global-local.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Global sea level trends and relative sea level trends are different measurements. Just as the surface of the Earth is not flat, the surface of the ocean is also not flat \u2014 in other words, the sea surface is not changing at the same rate at all points around the globe. Sea level rise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1850,"parent":280,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1849","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1849"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2038,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1849\/revisions\/2038"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}