Secondary causes such as glacial isostatic adjustment contribute significantly to sea level change
the verdict
SUPPORTED
the evidence backs this
confidence 85/100
Secondary factors such as glacial isostatic adjustment and vertical land motion play a critical role in driving regional sea-level variations, often causing local changes to deviate significantly from global mean trends.
Evidence for · 9
Holocene and Lateglacial relative sea‐level change in north‐west England: implications for glacial isostatic adjustment models
2013 · cited by 34
Paper [2] reconstructs relative sea-level change to test glacial isostatic adjustment models.
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More for · 8
Holocene relative sea-level changes in northwest Ireland: An empirical test for glacial isostatic adjustment models
2023 · cited by 12
Paper [3] uses relative sea-level records to evaluate geophysical models of post-glacial isostatic adjustment.
Constraint of glacial isostatic adjustment in the North Sea with geological relative sea level and GNSS vertical land motion data
2021 · cited by 8
Paper [4] highlights glacial isostatic adjustment as a key component of present-day sea level budgets and regional sea-level variations.
Glacial isostatic adjustment driven by asymmetric ice sheet melt during the Last Interglacial causes multiple local sea-level peaks
2024 · cited by 6
Paper [5] demonstrates that glacial isostatic adjustment driven by asymmetric ice melt causes significant local sea-level fluctuations.
Global mean sea level likely higher than present during the holocene.
2024 · cited by 5
Paper [6] combines sea-level data with glacial isostatic adjustment model ensembles to estimate Holocene global mean sea level and ice volume.
Bathymetry-constrained impact of relative sea-level change on basal melting in Antarctica
2025 · cited by 4
Paper [8] notes that relative sea level on the Antarctic continent changes through complex processes associated with glacial isostatic adjustment.
Global sea-level rise in the early Holocene revealed from North Sea peats.
2025 · cited by 3
Paper [9] removes regional glacial isostatic adjustment patterns to accurately isolate accelerated phases of early Holocene global sea-level rise.
Vertical land motion is underestimated in sea-level projections from the Oka estuary, northern Spain.
2024 · cited by 2
Paper [10] identifies glacial isostatic adjustment and vertical land motion as key processes causing local relative sea-level rise to deviate from global means.
Projections of 21st-century sea-level fall along coastal Greenland.
2026 · cited by 1
Paper [11] projects that glacial isostatic adjustment will cause significant regional sea-level fall around coastal Greenland due to land rebound and reduced gravitational pull.