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Rate of US coastal sea level rise doubled in the past century, study finds

Rate of US coastal sea level rise doubled in the past century, study finds

A July 2025 report from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) claims that U.S. tide gauge measurements "in aggregate show no obvious acceleration in sea level rise beyond the historical average rate." H...

Piecuch's results "directly contradict" the claims made in the DOE report that are based on a cursory discussion of tide gauge time series from just a handful of locations, the study states. "U.S. tide-gauge records taken collectively do show an obvious RSL acceleration above the long-term historical average trend."

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