Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sea-level rise changes coastlines, putting homes at risk, as Summer Haven, Fla., has seen. Aerial Views/E+/Getty Images When polar ...

Global coastal sea levels are on average 1 foot higher than previously assumed, a new report finds, raising alarms the world ...

Oceans are rising as the climate changes, threatening coastal cities. A new study shows that much more of the world's ...

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.

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 ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new research project is looking into the possibility of reflooding the Qattara Depression, a massive low-lying desert area in Egypt, to help ...

Rising sea levels are one of the alarming signs of global warming, caused by melting glaciers, disappearing ice sheets, and the warming and expansion of seawater. This gradual yet relentless shift, is ...

Global average sea level is increasing due to melting land ice and expansion of warming seawater, both caused by global warming. Sea level has been measured regularly since the 19th century using ...

What impact can sea-level rise have on extreme floods in the future? This is what a recent study published in Coastal Futures hopes to address as a team of researchers will investigate long-term ...

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 ...

When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ocean currents and affects temperatures in places far from the poles. Subscribe ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ocean currents and affects temperatures in places far from ...