Rising sea levels, largely caused by climate change, could disrupt the lives of millions of Americans in the coming decades. The U.S.'s extensive coastline, which is densely populated, will be ...

This image of the Atlantic Ocean around Florida, the Bahamas, and Cuba was taken from the International Space Station in 2024 ...

Over the next decade, rising oceans are poised to redraw the edges of some of the world’s best known coastal cities, turning today’s “once in a century” floods into regular events and pushing salt ...

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 ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new research project is looking into the possibility of reflooding the Qattara Depression, a massive low-lying desert area in Egypt, to help ...