Scientists are sounding the alarm after observing that the Atlantic Ocean has entered a phase of exceptionally rapid sea ...

Sea-level rise changes coastlines, putting homes at risk, as Summer Haven, Fla., has seen. Aerial Views/E+/Getty Images When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice ...

Worldwide, millions of people live in river deltas that are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, research suggests.

Discover how sea-level rise is impacting coastal real estate and the rising cost of home insurance in flood zones. Learn ...

An abrupt rise in global sea level last year has raised concerns. The increase was more than what scientists had been expecting, a NASA-led analysis revealed. A higher-than-usual amount of ocean ...

The findings point to heightening near-term flood risk for more than 236 million people, but river delta flooding is an issue ...

From the Nile to the Mississippi, sinking land is compounding sea-level rise. A new study pinpoints where deltas are dropping ...

Severe flooding hits Palisades Medical Center in Hudson County, N.J., on Oct. 30. (Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu/Getty Images via Inside Climate News) This story originally appeared on Inside Climate ...

Extreme rainfall, storm surge and gradual sea-level rise are among the greatest risks facing the coastlines. Utilities must ...

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 ...

In recent years, a major ocean current changed its path in two crucial ways. Now parts of the sea are rising, other parts are falling, ocean temperatures are breaking records — and Japan’s iconic ...

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 ...