The problem is, a cold spell, or a sinking coastline is touted as “proof” of Alarmist Catastrophism, while any reversals, cold events/trends, etc. are dismissed as either “weather, not climate” or as unexplained/inexplicable “pauses”.
Truth partially is, as you stated, crustal rebound; also in play are other known geologic forces that have some coasts slowly rising (i.e. most of the western US) and others sinking, i.e. large expanses of the Eastern Seaboard. I suspect we'll learn of other, presently unknown, effects as well.
The real truth is that Liberals see Man as outside of, apart from, and larger than, “nature”; and as a primarily destructive force stronger than any and all natural processes, which must either be eradicated (ultra radicals), or severely restricted (most mainstream Libs). All of them, despite their worship at the feet of their Holy Darwin, wish to stop the processes of their Divine Evolution (or even roll them back slightly) to maintain or restore the Peak Of Evolutionary Perfection embodied in the moment of their own birth.
The REAL, real thing is that I mistook the direction of the 'receding'. The footprints are again getting closer to the water.
Probably we’re missing the obvious, that the footprints are of some critter like the Creature from the Black Lagoon.