Adjusting to a more accurate coastal height baseline means that if seas rise by a little more than 3 feet — as some studies suggest will happen by the end of the century — waters could inundate up to ...

Scientists spent the first weeks of the year on an expedition to Antarctica to study Thwaites Glacier, which is melting at an alarming rate. If it breaks apart entirely, it could push up global sea ...

Flooding could strike 5,500 sites and release contaminants.

Sandy beaches account for approximately a third of the world's ice-free coastlines. These sandy shorelines are responsible ...

A peer-reviewed study published in Nature on March 4, 2026, finds that up to 132 million more people worldwide may be exposed ...

Climate change’s rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally thought because of mistaken research assumptions on how high coastal waters ...

A new study highlights a 'methodological blind spot' in the way sea level rise is measured. View on euronews ...

Sea levels are rising faster than in 4,000 years, putting some of the world's largest cities at growing risk of flooding and sinking.

An El Niño event combined with other weather phenomena led to record level sea rise in African oceans during 2023 and 2024.

The Mediterranean Sea is heating up faster than ever before, and the consequences are already being felt. In places like Greece, Italy, and Spain, water temperatures are climbing to 28°C or more, ...

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 ...

As climate change continues to drive global sea level rise, many people living in coastal areas are already seeing the effects. Coastal erosion is accelerating and shifting coastlines inland, and ...