Sea Level Rise

Antarctica's 'doomsday' glacier: How its collapse could trigger global floods and swallow islands

La Niña just raised sea levels in the western Pacific by up to 20cm. This height will be normal by 2050

Satellite data points to land subsidence in Cartagena

Rivers play key role in destructive coastal flooding, new research shows

Why sea level will rise for decades after we reach net zero carbon

Climate change might mean several of Indonesia's small islands have no future

Almost 4,000 people displaced by tidal surge in Ghana

As climate change arrives in Connecticut, coastal towns face a precarious future

Enormous cost of relocating US climate refugees from coastal town a stark example for the whole world, researchers warn

Extreme Greenland ice melt raised global flood risk: study

When global warming stops, seas will still rise: study

Lake formation and expansion due to sea-level rise causes freshwater resource depletion on small islands

New Jersey's tidal marshes in danger of disappearing, study shows

Long-term sea-level rise requires a worldwide commitment to adaptation

Senegal's old capital on the frontline against rising sea

Scientists still don't know how far melting in Antarctica will go, or the sea level rise it will unleash

New ocean temperature data help scientists make their hot predictions

Sea-level rise becoming a hazard for South Florida neighborhoods miles from ocean

Extreme sea levels to become much more common

Forget massive seawalls—coastal wetlands offer the best storm protection money can buy

Some past sea levels may not have been as high as thought, says study of rising and sinking landmasses

Rising seas and melting glaciers are now irreversible, but we have to act to slow them down

NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland mission leaves for its last field trip

Protecting Port Fourchon: Scientists pinpoint how to manage sediment to prevent land loss and improve hurricane prepared

As Asian cities sink, managed retreat must be tabled

New method to detect impact of sea level rise

A 20-foot sea wall won't save Miami: How living structures can help protect the coast

The 'moon wobble' will intensify coastal floods: Here's what that means for Australia

Half of U.S. tidal marsh areas vulnerable to rising seas

Sea-level rise may worsen existing Bay Area inequities

Study projects a surge in coastal flooding starting in 2030s

New model accurately predicts how coasts will be impacted by storms and sea-level rise

New satellite data techniques reveal coastal sea-level rise

267 million people worldwide at risk from sea-level rise

Coastal cities face their mortality on the climate 'frontline'

Projections of US high-tide flooding show rapid increases and extreme months

Managed retreat: A must in the war against climate change

An acceleration of coastal overtopping around the world

Antarctic ice-sheet melting to lift sea level higher than thought, study says

'Impossible to adapt': Surprisingly fast ice-melts in past raise fears about sea level rise

New study predicts human exodus in Bangladesh due to sea-level rise

Nearly a third of Mobile Bay marshes gone since 1980s, study finds

Researchers predict sea level changes along many coasts around the globe

Mapping North Carolina's ghost forests from 430 miles up

Measuring shoreline retreat with Earth observation satellites

Sea-level rise drives wastewater leakage to coastal waters

Sea level rise up to four times global average for coastal communities

New data reveals British sea level records stretching back 200 years

Flood-prone Miami to spend billions tackling sea level rise

Sea level data confirms climate modeling projections were right

Sea level likely to rise faster than previously thought

U.S. sea-level report cards: 2020 again trends toward acceleration

Geoscientists reconstruct 6.5 million years of sea level stands

Climate change puts hundreds of coastal airports at risk of flooding

The melting of the Greenland ice sheet could lead to a sea level rise of 18 centimeters by 2100

Sea-level monitoring satellite first results surpass expectations

Charleston weighs wall as seas rise and storms strengthen

Satellite to track rising seas as climate warms

New research identifies 'triple trouble' for mangrove coasts

Sea-level rise will have complex consequences: study

Ice melt projections may underestimate Antarctic contribution to sea level rise

Sea-level rise projections can improve with state-of-the-art model

Elusive eastern black rail threatened by rising sea levels

Damage uncovered on Antarctic glaciers reveals worrying signs for sea level rise

40 percent of O'ahu, Hawai'i beaches could be lost by mid-century

Sea level rise from ice sheets track worst-case climate change scenario

Protecting estuarine cities from rising sea levels

20th century dam building found to have offset sea level rise

Sea level rise quickens as Greenland ice sheet sheds record amount

Sea-level rise linked to higher water tables along California coast

Larger variability in sea level expected as Earth warms

Some California cities think they're safe from sea level rise. They're not, new research shows

Researchers identify human influence as key agent of ocean warming patterns in the future

Sea level rise: three visions of a future summer holiday at the coast

Coastal flooding set to get more frequent, threatening coastal life and global GDP

Keeping a steady eye on sea level change from space

Mangrove trees won't survive sea-level rise by 2050 if emissions aren't cut

Mississippi Delta marshes in a state of irreversible collapse, study shows

Eurasian ice sheet collapse raised seas eight metres: study

Extreme floods to hit US cities 'almost daily' by 2100

Experiments lead to slip law for better forecasts of glacier speed, sea-level rise

As COVID-19 halts climate expeditions, scientists grapple with uncertainties

New flood damage framework helps planners prepare for sea-level rise

Most California cities refuse to retreat from rising seas—one town wants to show how it's done

Half of world's beaches could vanish by 2100

Surviving hurricanes, sea rise in Keys may mean $3 billion in home buyouts, elevations

Photos of 'king tides' globally show risks of climate change

US sea-level report cards: 2019 data adds to trend in acceleration

Sea level rise to cause major economic impact in the absence of further climate action

Sea level rise could reshape the United States, trigger migration inland

Ancient Mediterranean seawall first known defense against sea level rise and it failed

New projection: Faster rising seas forecast in South Florida

New Earth mission will track rising oceans into 2030

Scientists looked at sea levels 125,000 years in the past. The results are terrifying

Antarctica likely to drive rapid sea-level rise under climate change

Sea levels to continue rising after Paris agreement emission pledges expire in 2030

Rising seas threaten hundreds of Native American heritage sites along Florida's Gulf Coast

New report takes in-depth look at three factors contributing to sea level rise along the U.S. East Coast

Major economies drivers, victims of sea-level rise

The California coast is disappearing under the rising sea: Our choices are grim

New study reports sea level rise in the Arctic

Instability in Antarctic ice projected to make sea level rise rapidly

Study predicts more long-term sea level rise from Greenland ice

Patagonia ice sheets thicker than previously thought, study finds

Study highlights vulnerability of rural coast to sea-level rise

Melting small glaciers could add 10 inches to sea levels

Is sea rise wrecking coastal home values? The answer: Maybe

Antarctica's effect on sea level rise in coming centuries

US Southeast Atlantic coast facing high threat of sea-level rise in the next 10 years

Sea level rise could make plants bigger—then it may kill them

Rising seas force 'underwater homeowners' to mobilize

Tall ice-cliffs may trigger big calving events—and fast sea-level rise

Destruction from sea level rise in California could exceed worst wildfires and earthquakes

What rising seas mean for local economies

Study says seas may be rising faster than thought

Rising sea levels could kill off 500-year-old trees in New Jersey forest

Uneven rates of sea level rise tied to climate change

World Heritage sites threatened by sea level rise

With rising sea levels, Bangkok struggles to stay

US property crisis looms as sea level rises, experts