In 2024, the hottest year in recorded history, sea levels rose at a rate 35% more than expected, according to a new report from NASA. The space agency explained on its website that the acceleration of ...

Large cities face rising sea levels along the coast of California, despite the state's climate change defenses. New data from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science revealed that California's ...

Worldwide, millions of people live in river deltas that are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, research suggests.

The concern around a 10 foot sea level rise is not only that it would flood major coastal cities, but also that vital service facilities like hospitals, fire stations and many others would be lost and ...

The findings point to heightening near-term flood risk for more than 236 million people, but river delta flooding is an issue ...

The fence around a "Building A Better Boston" project gets its feet wet as high tide during the snow storm floods across Long Wharf in 2020. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) New research from the Woods Hole ...

The small island nation of Tuvalu is facing growing threats from rapidly rising sea levels. Credit: Mario Tama via Getty Images The small island nation of Tuvalu is being swallowed by the sea. With ...

When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ocean currents and affects temperatures in places far from the poles. But ...