“The fact that geoid models are developed and performing relatively well in reflecting local sea-level height in the Global North (for example, the United States and Western Europe) may perhaps explain the overconfidence placed in geoid-model performance by Global-North-based scientists when performing assessments on a global scale or in other regions of the world in which geoid models perform less well.” 1/2

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10196-1