The researchers emphasize the need for region-specific adaptation, including better coastal planning and early warning ...

Over the next decade, rising oceans are poised to redraw the edges of some of the world’s best known coastal cities, turning ...

Norfolk, Virginia, currently has the fastest rising sea level on the East Coast, while Wilmington is projected to see a 1.77-foot rise by 2050. Increased flooding, even on sunny days, is impacting ...

Research from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution finds the rate of U.S. coastal sea level rise has more than doubled in the past 125 years. The study contradicts a federal Department of Energy ...

The latest research from leading institutions paints a sobering picture of America's coastal future. 3 m by 2050, increasing ...

The island nation of Tuvalu is becoming the first country to be completely lost due to rising sea levels. However, the country is possibly only the first of many without actions taken to mitigate ...

Sea levels along the United States coast are rising faster than they did in the past, and the change is not subtle.

Can New York City adapt to rapidly rising sea levels? More than 1 million people are living in or near a flood plain in New York City. New York City is among the most densely populated coastal ...

Fossil coral exposed in a limestone outcrop above present sea level in the Seychelles. Newly uncovered evidence from fossil corals suggests that sea levels could rise even more steeply in our warming ...

Many states in the United States would be significantly impacted if sea levels rose 10 feet, including Texas, a projection ...

Sea-level rise changes coastlines, putting homes at risk, as Summer Haven, Fla., has seen. Aerial Views/E+/Getty Images Shaina Sadai, Five College Consortium and Ambarish Karmalkar, University of ...

Recent research has led scientists to new conclusions about the fastest melting glacier in Antarctica. Some are reassuring, ...