Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A July DOE report controversially asserted sea level rise is not accelerating on U.S. coasts. In response, a new paper to be published Wednesday in AGU Advances finds the rate of sea level rise has doubled in the last century. In many locations on Chesapeake Bay and the Gulf Coast, waters levels regularly exceed official high tide elevations. Panelists will discuss these findings, evidence that rising sea levels worldwide result from human-caused climate change and regional conditions influencing sea levels on the Gulf coast. The panel will also dig into public perceptions of the science of sea level and how people understand data, scale, rates of change and the new normal.
Panel
• Roger Creel, Texas A&M University
• Daniel Gilford, Climate Central
• Christopher Piecuch, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• Alison Rellinger, Mississippi State University
See also:
The Rate of U.S. Coastal Sea-Level Rise Doubled in the Past Century
Christopher G. Piecuch
AGU Advances 17 December 2025
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025AV002018
A July DOE report controversially asserted sea level rise is not accelerating on U.S. coasts. In response, a new paper to be published Wednesday in AGU Advances finds the rate of sea level rise has doubled in the last century. In many locations on Chesapeake Bay and the Gulf Coast, waters levels regularly exceed official high tide elevations. Panelists will discuss these findings, evidence that rising sea levels worldwide result from human-caused climate change and regional conditions influencing sea levels on the Gulf coast. The panel will also dig into public perceptions of the science of sea level and how people understand data, scale, rates of change and the new normal.
Panel
• Roger Creel, Texas A&M University
• Daniel Gilford, Climate Central
• Christopher Piecuch, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• Alison Rellinger, Mississippi State University
See also:
The Rate of U.S. Coastal Sea-Level Rise Doubled in the Past Century
Christopher G. Piecuch
AGU Advances 17 December 2025
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025AV002018
