Many coastal maps start from the wrong sea-level baseline, and correcting the error could mean millions more are vulnerable ...

A new study published in Nature has found that sea levels along the world’s coastlines are already significantly higher than the majority of scientific assessments have assumed. The finding, which ...

The science behind a 2035 coastal tipping point Global sea level is not rising in a straight, gentle line. Warmer oceans expand, land ice melts, and in many deltas and coastal plains the ground itself ...

Large cities face rising sea levels along the coast of California, despite the state's climate change defenses. New data from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science revealed that California's ...

Researchers found that a majority of studies on coastal sea levels underestimated how high water levels are, and hundreds of millions of people are closer to peril than previously thought.

Humans are a coastal species. More than one in ten people in the world live within three miles of the shore, and about 40 ...

Florida's future might be underwater, but how much and how soon is still a question. A map by Climate Central, a nonprofit organization of scientists and journalists, suggests that many coastal areas ...

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 ...

Some of South Florida’s most coveted neighborhoods also are some of the most vulnerable to sea-level rise, according to nonprofit ClimateCentral.org. And now you can find exactly where they are. The ...

Rising sea levels are displacing fisherfolk in Pakistan’s coastal areas, forcing them to move to higher ground, such as Karachi, where they now face saltwater intrusion and other climate impacts. For ...