The enormous mass that gets added to the ocean is causing the sea floor to warp sink and deform.
The sea floor is sinking.
Researchers propose a new more accurate method instead.
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This idea played a pivotal role in the development of the theory of plate tectonics which revolutionized geologic thought during the last quarter of the 20th century.
This theory proposes that the plates are dragged apart by the sinking of cold dense slabs of sea floor along zones of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
This can disguise the actual rise of sea levels in many parts of the planet and actually cover up.
The results show that the ocean is changing in ways we didn t realize and is sinking further into the earth s crust.
The ocean floor is sinking under the weight of climate change and calculations to determine sea level rise don t take that fact into equation.
A sinking floor is usually a sign that the floor has begun to rot out from the underside meaning the joists or other elements of the subfloor have failed.
This map shows gravity anomalies in the western indian ocean.
Seafloor spreading theory that oceanic crust forms along submarine mountain zones and spreads out laterally away from them.
If the sea floor is sinking are we safe from sea level rise.