Global coastal sea levels are on average 1 foot higher than previously assumed, a new report finds, raising alarms the world ...

Oceans are rising as the climate changes, threatening coastal cities. A new study shows that much more of the world's ...

Most coastal risk assessments have underestimated current sea levels, meaning tens of millions of people face losing their homes to rising waters earlier than expected ...

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 ...

Many coastal maps start from the wrong sea-level baseline, and correcting the error could mean millions more are vulnerable ...

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

Scientists say Greenland’s sinking sea levels will have a ripple effect on coastal communities, shipping routes, fishing and infrastructure.

Humans are a coastal species. More than one in ten people in the world live within three miles of the shore, and about 40 ...

Most of the research conducted around rising oceans might have misjudged the rising coastal hazards by an approximate of 20 ...

A new study in the journal Nature says most sea level rise research may have underestimated coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot.

With a planning target of 20 inches of sea level rise, sea levels are driving changes in zoning, construction and project feasibility.

Pekka Niittyvirta and Timo Aho, Lines (57° 59´N, 7° 16´W) (All images provided courtesy of the artists.) “The installation explores the catastrophic impact of our relationship with nature and its long ...