A lot of past research has used flawed methodology to estimate current coastal water levels, according to a new study ...

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

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

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 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 ...

Another influential platform, Surging Seas, uses elevation, tides, and population data to highlight areas at risk from different combinations of sea level rise and storm surge. Its Introduction ...

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

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 ...

Accelerating sea level rise driven by warming oceans and melting ice threatens coastal cities worldwide, placing up to a billion people at risk before the end of the century.

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

The fence around a "Building A Better Boston" project gets its feet wet as high tide during the snow storm floods across Long Wharf in 2020. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) New research from the Woods Hole ...

Satellite data shows the ground is sinking beneath many of the world’s biggest river delta cities, worsening flood and sea-level rise risks.