Eva Tesfai

The study concludes the acceleration of sea level rise is likely due to climate change.

It directly contradicts a report released by the Department of Energy earlier this year.

That report says tide gauge measurements show no obvious acceleration of sea level rise.

Christopher Pykoosh, the oceanographer who authored the study, says that's because the DOE report relies on just a handful of tide gauges, whereas his study uses 70.

The DOE did not respond to a request for comment.

For NPR News, I'm Eva Tesfai in New Orleans.