Rising sea levels reshape coastal areas faster than expected. Natural defenses fall behind and old seafloor maps hid ...

As a result of climate change, rising sea levels are threatening low-lying coastal areas around the world, such as the Wadden ...

Antarctica's 'doomsday glacier,' Thwaites, is collapsing faster than anticipated, threatening catastrophic sea level rise.

Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier collapsed at record speed, revealing how quickly ice loss could drive sea level rise. A glacier ...

When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ...

New Zealand researchers have discovered that human activities like groundwater extraction and land reclamation are ...

New Jersey is likely to see between 2.2 and 3.8 feet of sea-level rise by 2100 if the current level of global carbon emissions continue, but seas could rise by as much as 4.5 feet if ice-sheet melt ...

India’s coastal cities face an increasing risk of flooding, driven by a warming world and the now-frequent extreme weather ...

The latest sea-level rise "report cards" by Virginia researchers show that ocean levels are continuing to rise and in some cases, including along the North Carolina coast, are speeding up. Data ...

Hektoria Glacier’s sudden eight-kilometer collapse stunned scientists, marking the fastest modern ice retreat ever recorded in Antarctica. Its flat, below-sea-level ice plain allowed huge slabs of ice ...

Scientists have made an unsettling discovery about parts of New Orleans’ $15 billion hurricane protection system: They’re sinking faster than sea levels are rising. Using radar measurements taken from ...