Global climate change has generated several adverse effects, such as loss of sea ice, earlier breakup of ice on rivers and lakes, more intense heat waves and accelerated sea level rise. Of all the aforementioned effects, sea level rise is an unequivocal and forthcoming effect that has generated great interest.1 This physical phenomenon occurs at different spatial and temporal scales, being associated with distinct factors in each case. On a global scale, sea level changes are caused by variability in ocean-water volume due to thermal expansion, cryosphere melting, and the exchange between surface and groundwater on