Earth’s oceans rose faster than expected last year as the world experienced its hottest year on record, NASA says.

As climate change continues to drive global sea level rise, many people living in coastal areas are already seeing the effects. Coastal erosion is accelerating and shifting coastlines inland, and ...

Sea ice plays many important roles for the global climate: Its white surface can reflect energy back into space, helping the ...

New geological data has given more insight into the rate and magnitude of global sea level rise following the last ice age, ...

By determining which ice sheets melted to create a colossal increase in sea levels 14,500 years ago, scientists hope to ...

A new study published in Nature provides key insights into sea level rise after the last ice age, around 11,700 years ago.

Scientists found that sea levels rose rapidly 11,700 years ago due to melting ice sheets and sudden lake drainage.

Arête Glacier Initiative has raised $5 million to improve forecasts of sea-level rise and explore the possibility of ...

In the lowest areas, sea levels could rise more than 17 inches by 2050, more than double the estimated average of 7.4 inches for the region. “In many parts of the world, like the reclaimed ...

A recent study on the vulnerability of Maui County beach parks showed that more than 80 percent of parks surveyed have a low resiliency to sea level rise impacts. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER ...

Sarah Kaplan and Bonnie Jo Mount traveled to four islands of the Seychelles and a geochemistry lab in Madison, Wis. to document how fossil corals are helping scientists predict future sea level rise.