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Re:Hate leap seconds? Imagine a negative one by fanf2 on Thursday January 13, 2022 @05:07PM (#29927588)
“sea level” is short for “mean sea level”
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Re:Hate leap seconds? Imagine a negative one by el_isma on Thursday January 13, 2022 @06:23PM (#29928452)
Not trying to troll, but... What happens if/when global warming makes sea level rise? Do we have measurements that are still based on "sea level"?
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Re:Hate leap seconds? Imagine a negative one by _whiteCaps_ on Thursday January 13, 2022 @07:26PM (#29928978)
https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/faq.html

> Tidal datums must be updated at least every 20-25 years due to global sea level rise. Some stations are more frequently updated due to high relative sea level trends.

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Re:Hate leap seconds? Imagine a negative one by kempbellt on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @08:31PM (#29988720)
I mean, I feel like that's fairly obvious, and the playful pedantry of my comment in a discussion on the very definition of basic unit of measurement was overlooked.

If we are going so far as to rigidly include "sea level" in the definition of "a second", it would probably help if we say that that we mean mean sea level.

Know what I mean?

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