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Study shows U.S. sea level rise is accelerating, rebutting Trump climate report

The Washington Post · last updated

The rate of sea-level rise along U.S. coastlines has more than doubled over the past 125 years, according to a new analysis that examined data from scores of tide gauges from around the country.

The findings stand in contrast to a wide-ranging, widely criticized assessment of climate science that the Trump administration released this summer.