Science, science, science! The earth is round, gravity exists, the planet is warming and the seas are rising. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Recent_Sea_Level_Rise.png/300px-Recent_Sea_Level_Rise.png upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Post-Glacial_Sea_Level.png/300px-Post-Glacial_Sea_Level.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_sea_level_rise