One reason that tide predictions were off: sea level rise. The tide charts used by sailors, city planners, surfers and ...

Norfolk, Virginia, currently has the fastest rising sea level on the East Coast, while Wilmington is projected to see a 1.77-foot rise by 2050. Increased flooding, even on sunny days, is impacting ...

Over the next decade, rising oceans are poised to redraw the edges of some of the world’s best known coastal cities, turning ...

LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. (WCIV) — Here in the Lowcountry, we are surrounded by water. At least half of Charleston is made up of marshes, creeks and coastal waters. But lately, water seems to be creeping up ...

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 ...

For around 2,000 years, global sea levels varied little. That changed in the 20th century. They started rising and have not stopped since — and the pace is accelerating. Scientists are scrambling to ...

Sea levels are rising faster in the western tropical Pacific because of where the melting ice from western Antarctica heads, warmer waters, and ocean currents, UN officials said. Highlighting seas ...

Fossil coral exposed in a limestone outcrop above present sea level in the Seychelles. Newly uncovered evidence from fossil corals suggests that sea levels could rise even more steeply in our warming ...

Rising sea levels could flood thousands of hazardous sites in marginalized communities mostly across seven states by 2100 should greenhouse gases continue to build up in the atmosphere, a study ...

Side-by-side photographs of a harbour in northern England seemingly showing water lower this decade than 130 years ago do not disprove that warming global temperatures are affecting sea levels, ...