[SampleMan]

It's called "the tides", and it's caused by the moon.

Tides are NOT the sea level, they are deviations from sea-level.

Unless you are predicting that the moon is going to permanently plant itself over the Northeast, I would like an explanation of how sea level is going to increase more in one place than another.

[UCANSEE2]

I would like an explanation of how sea level is going to increase more in one place than another.

The answer is simple, and obvious. Somehow we have been taught to ignore the obvious.

It is not the sea that rises or falls, it is the ground. This is a well established geological fact. It is a basic principle of science. If you change the surface of the ground around a lake or river, the water will move to seek it's own new level and 'balance'. The idea that the sea level 'rose' is merely a point of view type of thing.

[UCANSEE2]

Unless you are predicting that the moon is going to permanently plant itself over the Northeast,

Well... I guess if you are powerful enough that you promise to keep the 'climate' from ever changing again (given enough funding), then surely you can freeze the Moon in place precisely wherever you want.

: )