Sea level along the world’s coastlines is often much higher than previously assumed, a new study finds.

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 ...

Climate change's rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally ...

A new study found that many of our predictions on sea-level rise have been predicated on inaccurate starting numbers. In many ...

A peer-reviewed study published in Nature on March 4, 2026, finds that up to 132 million more people worldwide may be exposed to sea-level rise than previous assessments suggested. The core problem is ...

Measurements of coastal sea-level height around the world may be higher than scientists previously thought, according to new ...

An analysis of coastal impact assessments revealed that the majority are not based on direct sea-level and land-elevation ...

PHILADELPHIA—Fears that seawater may one day flood drinking-water intakes serving millions of people in the Philadelphia region and southern New Jersey rose again when an interstate regulator said a ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Sea level rise will become unmanageable at just 1.5C of global heating and lead to ...

The world’s ice sheets are on course for runaway melting, leading to multiple feet of sea level rise and “catastrophic” migration away from coastlines, even if the world pulls off the miraculous and ...

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 ...