https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa8390
According to this paper, water is created by burning hydrocarbon fuels. It seems like a major thing to exclude from "reasons the sea levels are increasing".
From the paper:
The annual global formation of water from combustion of hydrocarbon fuels from 2005–2015 amounted to an average of $1.2 \times 10^{13} kg⋅yr^{-1}$, as shown in figure 1. By comparison, the atmosphere is estimated to hold on average approximately $1.3 \times 10^{16}$ kg of water, while the global rates of irrigation-induced and natural evaporation are on the orders of $10^{15}$ and $10^{17} kg⋅yr^{-1}$, respectively.
I understand from the figures, the amount of water introduced into the atmosphere is small compared to irrigation and natural evaporation, but that is only dealing with water that is already there. This paper details that we are essentially pulling hydrogen out of the earth, combining it with atmosphere oxygen and creating water.
Water vapor is already listed as a GHG, so maybe it is just being swept along with that term?
I have to be making a connection that doesn't exist, right? Otherwise it would be noticed by someone / anyone else.
Make me understand why I am wrong to think that the creation of water by burning hydrocarbon fuels is adding to the amount of water in the oceans.
Thank you,