Scientists have long opposed polar geoengineering. Some now believe it will be necessary.
Scientists have confirmed just how much of an impact melting ice and ocean warming have had on rising sea levels around the globe. In a new study first published in the journal Proceedings of the ...
Picture standing at the water's edge, watching waves creep higher with each passing year. That's the reality for millions ...
A recent study shows that there is a lot more sediment trapped beneath Greenland’s ice sheet than we realized, which could ...
New Jersey is likely to see between 2.2 and 3.8 feet of sea-level rise by 2100 if the current level of global carbon emissions continue, but seas could rise by as much as 4.5 feet if ice-sheet melt ...
Further land area of between 1,006 and 1,389 km2 is threatened by relative sea-level rise by 2050, posing a threat to a population of 55,000–273,000 people and 31,000–171,000 properties. This double ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers at the University of Connecticut are hoping that new grant money will help coastal communities across the Northeast ...
A hidden force is causing highly populated river deltas to sink. In many cases, the subsidence is happening faster than the sea is rising ...
Antarctica has long been seen as a remote, unchanging environment. Not any more. The ice-covered continent and the surrounding Southern Ocean are undergoing abrupt and alarming changes. Sea ice is ...
It’s undeniable: The sea is rising. Property and infrastructure near and on the shoreline will be at risk of flooding. In Marin, that means San Rafael’s Canal neighborhood, Marin City and low-lying ...