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My understanding as well. The image, though, doesn't convey sea level dipping for many kilometers around former glacier edge and rising only further away (possi
by strogonoff 6y ago
My understanding as well. The image, though, doesn't convey sea level dipping for many kilometers around former glacier edge and rising only further away (possibly in another hemisphere entirely)—instead it shows sea level rising immediately at the edge, which doesn't seem to track.
- dangirsh 6y agoI think the image is trying to convey that there's a rising immediately near the glacier due to the tectonic plate lifting up. Then there's a falling due to reduced gravitation. What's not shown would be (much further away) a rising due to increased water volume. I agree that the image is a bit confusing.
- strogonoff 6y agoI think the green line is the sea level after the melting, since it is labeled Final Sea Level. It does not show a fall, only a rise, next to the glacier.