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." However, a new study by Chris Piecuch, a physical oceanographer with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), reaches a dramatically different conclusion.

Oceanographer (Politely) Calls Out Trump DOE Sea Level Cherry Pick

American Geophysical Union Fall meeting is ongoing in New Orleans. I elected not to go again, for a number of reasons, but some of the sessions are showing up on line.This one caught my attention. You may remember that over the summer Fracking millionaire Chris Wright, now (after a half million dollar contribution to the … Continue reading "Oceanographer (Politely) Calls Out Trump DOE Sea Level Cherry Pick"

New Study Finds Rate of U.S. Coastal Sea Level Rise Doubled in the Past Century, Contradicting a Recent U.S. Energy Department Report

The study finds that the rate of U.S. coastal sea-level rise has more than doubled in the past 125 years.

New study finds rate of U.S. coastal sea level rise doubled in the past century, contradicting a recent U.S. Energy Department report

The study finds that the rate of U.S. coastal sea-level rise has more than doubled in the past 125 years.