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Does rising sea levels affect the atmospheric pressure?

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For any given point on land that doesn't get covered by the sea, air pressure at the land surface will go up proportionally. Rising air temperatures would make air expand, but this should not affect sea level air pressure, as the column of air above a point would still have the same mass, even if spread over a greater height. read more

I can't imagine any possible mechanism for rising sea level to affect atmospheric pressure. The magnitude of rise is too tiny on the day by day basis that the atmosphere works on. read more

To a first approximation, air pressure at altitude X above sea level would be the same, but altitude X above sea level would be higher in absolute terms. For any given point on land that doesn't get covered by the sea, air pressure at the land surface will go up proportionally. read more

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