Robert Morton Charles Fletcher E. Robert Thieler Peter Howd Sallenger Jr. 2000 <p>In a recent article (<i>Eos, Trans., AGU</i>, February 8, 2000, p.55), Leatherman et al. [2000] state that they have confirmed an association between sea-level rise and coastal erosion. Applying their results to the New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland coasts and using a projected sea-level rise, the authors predict that by 2050 the shoreline will recede 60 m, about two times the average beach width.</p> <br/> <p>However, Leatherman et al. [2000] have not convincingly quantified a relationship between sea-level rise and shoreline erosion.We do not agree with their rationale for subsetting their data, and they have not considered other explanations for a background erosion along the U.S. east coast. Furthermore, their future projections are not supported by their analyses.</p> application/pdf 10.1029/EO081i038p00436-02 en American Geophysical Union Comment on “Sea level rise shown to drive coastal erosion” article