Alarming new research shows that the water levels are rising even faster than previously expected. Scientists have known for a while that global warming will continue to melt Earth's glaciers, causing ...

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 ...

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 ...

A map shows the growing threat to coastal cities across the United States due to rising sea levels. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s latest projections, sea ...

South Florida’s future is looking soggy. A map from the nonprofit group Climate Central is making the digital rounds, laying out the stark reality that rising sea levels and flooding can make annual ...

When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ocean currents and affects temperatures in places far from the poles. But ...