Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sea-level rise changes coastlines, putting homes at risk, as Summer Haven, Fla., has seen. Aerial Views/E+/Getty Images When polar ...

Coastal sea levels are already up to a foot higher than many scientists believe, according to an alarming new assessment from researchers in the Netherlands. The findings have concerning implications ...

Norfolk, Virginia, floods on sunny days now. Not during hurricanes or nor’easters, but on ordinary high tides that push saltwater through storm drains and across neighborhood streets. The city sits in ...

What could Florida’s future hold? The relocation of a million residents by 2070 due to land inundation from sea-level rise?

I see the next ten years as a stress test for coastal civilization: enough time for sea level rise to become impossible to ignore, but not enough for slow political systems to fully catch up. The ...

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 ...

Officials discussed the Solano Bayshore Resiliency Project at a community meeting in Suisun City on Monday evening, kicking off a series of community meetings across the county’s coastal cities to ...

This image of South Maui comes from the updated State of Hawaii Sea Level Rise Viewer. The viewer is meant to help Hawaii residents, planners and officials better understand how their communities ...

Earth's oceans stored more heat in 2025 than ever recorded, fueling sea level rise, extreme weather, and growing climate ...

The West Coast will see an ocean several inches higher in coming decades, with most of California expected to get sea levels a half foot higher by 2030, according a report released Friday. The study ...

The majority of Hawaii residents recognize that sea-level rise is happening — and the opinion is shared across political party lines. That’s according to a new statewide survey by University of Hawaii ...