“…This global rate is subject to global water mass balance due to dams that store water (Fiedler & Conrad, ), extracted groundwater (Wada et al, ), and melting land ice (Antarctic Ice Sheet, Greenland Ice Sheet, and Glaciers; Jacob et al, ) besides the thermosteric expansion (Levitus et al, ). Local rates substantially deviate from this global trend (Sallenger et al, ) due to, for example, local tectonic effects or anthropogenic subsidence (Zerbini et al, ), so it is necessary to obtain robust and reliable data on variations in local and regional sea‐level rise (SLR). The Mediterranean Sea is a semiclosed basin, where sea level primarily responds to mass changes from inflowing freshwater (Mariotti et al, ; Struglia et al, ), evaporation (Bethoux & Gentili, ), and the exchange of seawater with the Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar (Calafat et al, , ; Fukumori et al, ; Pinardi et al, ).…”