There&#x27;s some noise, but the trend seems clear to me. The median starts out oscillating around the &#x27;1&#x27; line, but by 2008 - 2014 it barely touches the line at all.<p>There&#x27;s a drop from 2014-2016, but it&#x27;s too early to say if it&#x27;s temporary like the drop between 1997-1998 (El Niño?)<p>We can say a priori that the sea level is not a random walk. A random walk is boundless - the sea level is not going to suddenly rise 100 meters.