Sea levels are rising faster than at any point in the last 4,000 years, highlighting the urgent need for “global and local” action. New research has warned that climate change and human activities are ...

A study published in Nature shows that many of the world's major river deltas are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, ...

A recent update to an online tool that tracks sea level rise in Hawai'i could help local communities prepare to face growing threats. Sea levels have risen around the globe by an average of eight to ...

A new study found that there is no evidence that climate change has contributed to rising sea levels. Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images Yet another much-predicted climate-change ...

Rising sea levels could plunge more than 100 million buildings underwater by 2100, scientists have warned. The experts in Canada estimated how many buildings in Africa, Southeast Asia and Central and ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In May 2014, NASA announced at a press conference that a portion of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet appeared to have reached a point of ...

Satellite data reveals sea-level rise has unfolded almost exactly as predicted by 1990s climate models, with one key underestimation: melting ice sheets. Researchers stress the importance of refining ...

This image of South Maui comes from the updated State of Hawaii Sea Level Rise Viewer. The viewer is meant to help Hawaii residents, planners and officials better understand how their communities ...

A new study published in Nature finds human-driven land sinking now outpaces sea-level rise in many of the world’s major ...

BAY OF AARHUS, Denmark (AP) — Below the dark blue waters of the Bay of Aarhus in northern Denmark, archaeologists search for coastal settlements swallowed by rising sea levels more than 8,500 years ...