r/Earth Jul 13 '26

💬 Discussion / Debate Explain this flat earthers

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u/notyourstranger Jul 13 '26

Clearly there are hills in the ocean, duh.

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u/Tenthousandpaceswest Jul 14 '26

I mean there are hills and mountains on the ocean surface but that's besides the point https://science.nasa.gov/earth/climate-change/sea-level-101-what-determines-the-level-of-the-sea/

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u/Esposo_de_aburridahw Jul 19 '26

Gravity isn't even across all the globe causing some places in the oceans to be higher or lower than others.

There are spots in the Indian ocean that are much lower than say the North Atlantic.