[niky]

The water doesn't rise uniformly, because the globe is not uniform, and northern lands uncovered by glaciers tend to rise, shifting more of that water level rise to the tropics.

I've visited a town that lost its beachfront tourist economy over the past thirty years to erosion and sea level rise. Breakwaters once dozens of feet from the water now right on the water, except at very low tide, where a foot or two of beach peeks out. Can't move the beachfront back, as the town has already been built up around it.

Then you have towns that sink as groundwater is pumped out for use by their citizens, which compounds the problem... and towns that are in areas where the sea is already naturally higher, and where sea level rise is compounded by high temperatures... hell... you don't have to be under sea level to be affected by sea level rise if the change in sea level and weather patterns creates storm surges big enough to put the town underwater every few years.

This is the problem facing coastal towns around the world. Bully for you if you have high ground to move to. To bad if there's none. Given how many coastal towns and cities are built, actually moving those populations will be a gargantuan task.

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Also, idiots will be idiots. What the sheep think on either side of the divide doesn't change what's actually happening due to climate change.