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This article only briefly touches on what I think is the most interesting aspect of sea level rise: gravitational adjustment. Even though I never worked seriously on sea level research, it was by far my favorite course in graduate school. For anyone who would like to learn more, I highly recommend listening to Jerry Mitrovica expound on the subject [1]. I guarantee that you will learn a few things that will stick with you.

In my experience, the first order adjustment effects are not widely known even among physical oceanographers. I remember describing it to a preeminent expert on El Nino, and him being incredulous that local sea level fall near the source of meltwater could be the first-order effect beyond accounting for rebound. "The first-order response is a Kelvin wave — you've surely been misinformed."

[1] - One example lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_rGksRoG9A

[2] - Another, shorter summary talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj7JIxU9Af4