Sea level on Earth has been rising and falling ever since there was water on the planet. Scientists were already able to use ...

Scientists reconstructed 540 million years of sea level changes, showing Earth's oceans rose and fell by hundreds of feet ...

Recent research conducted by an international team of scientists from Utrecht University, the UK, and the US has resulted in ...

On 28 November 1966, an American airplane flies over the Antarctic Peninsula just south of the southernmost tip of Chile. On ...

Earth’s major climate goal is too warm for the polar ice sheets, study says If Earth stays at its current levels of warming — below policymakers’ goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius — polar ice ...

While satellites have revolutionized our ability to measure sea level with remarkable precision, their data becomes less reliable near coasts—where accurate information is most urgently needed.

A new study identified hot spots of sinking levees that will need to be prioritized for maintenance to withstand future ...

As Tamil Nadu continues its breakneck urbanisation, a new decadal study commissioned by the State Planning Commission (SPC) has sounded alarm bells over rising ...

Destructive flash flooding in Texas and other states is raising questions about the nation's flood maps and their ability to ensure that ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015 ...

Many people in the United States receive little or no information about flood risk when they move into a new home or ...

Since the map’s first release in 2013, national labs have closed some of their facilities and opened others. They have undergone name changes and have made new discoveries.