A new study in the journal Nature says most sea level rise research may have underestimated coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot.

A new study found that many of our predictions on sea-level rise have been predicated on inaccurate starting numbers. In many places, especially Southeast Asia and the Pacific, it's significantly ...

When the planet was heating up at the end of the last Ice Age, ice-melt flooded out by glaciers made oceans rise. Scientists for decades believed that most meltwater had originated from Antarctica.

As all-too-familiar floodwaters receded after the storm on Wednesday, the Tiburon Town Council took a significant step in creating a sea level rise vulnerability assessment and adaptation plan. “It’s ...

A study published in Nature on March 4, 2026, found that more than 99% of coastal hazard assessments conducted over the past 16 years used flawed sea-level data, meaning actual ocean levels are ...

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 long-awaited advisory plan to protect Massachusetts’ 1,519 miles of coastline from intensifying storms and sea level rise—an effort years in the making as tides creep higher into coastal ...

SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - The town of Sullivan’s Island is working to reduce the effects of flooding with projects in the works and a study that forecasts sea level rise and offers solutions to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. North American ice sheets—not Antarctica—drove most of the sea-level rise between 9,000 and 7,000 years ago. (CREDIT: Shutterstock ...

Melting ice sheets in North America played a far greater role in driving global sea-level rise at the end of the last ice age than scientists had thought, according to a Tulane University-led study ...