Most coastal risk assessments have underestimated current sea levels, meaning tens of millions of people face losing their homes to rising waters earlier than expected ...

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 ...

Sea levels across the world are already “much higher” than most scientific assessments have assumed, according to new research, making coasts even more vulnerable to rising oceans as a result of ...

Measurements of coastal sea-level height around the world may be higher than scientists previously thought, according to new ...

Climate change has significant yet odd effects on locations around the world. In some cases it affects migration patterns, ...

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

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

Analysis shows average levels are 30cm higher than thought, and up to 150cm in south-east Asia and Indo-Pacific ...

New Jersey is likely to see between 2.2 and 3.8 feet of sea-level rise by 2100 if the current level of global carbon emissions continue, but seas could rise by as much as 4.5 feet if ice-sheet melt ...

A major review of coastal climate studies warns that sea-level rise risks may be significantly underestimated due to errors in how elevation and sea-level data are combined. The findings raise ...

Cities are slowly disappearing under water and streets turning into rivers. People wading through floodwaters is not far in the future anymore. Across.