[01] A. Parker, School of Engineering and Physical Science, James Cook University, Townsville QLD 4811, Australia.

The sea levels are rising in the Solomon Islands because of the increasing volume of the ocean waters and because of the sinking of the land. It is shown as a proper analysis of the actual measurements at the tide gauges suggests the most likely sea level rise is less than the +2.8 mm yr-1 computed over a still too short time window of 41 years not fully clearing the long term trend of the multi-decadal variability.

Tide Gauges, Time Series, Solomon Islands

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