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

A new study found that many of our predictions on sea-level rise have been predicated on inaccurate starting numbers. In many places, especially Southeast Asia and the Pacific, it's significantly ...

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

Most coastal risk assessments have underestimated current sea levels, meaning tens of millions of people face losing their ...

A study published in Nature on March 4, 2026, found that more than 99% of coastal hazard assessments conducted over the past ...

Researchers found that a majority of studies on coastal sea levels underestimated how high water levels are, and hundreds of ...

Global average sea level is increasing due to melting land ice and expansion of warming seawater, both caused by global warming. Sea level has been measured regularly since the 19th century using ...

Rising seas now threaten coastal cities worldwide. A Virginia Tech report examined 32 major U.S. coastal cities using satellite data on land subsidence, sea-level-rise projections, and tide charts to ...

In this article, two scientists unpack some of the reasons why projecting the speed and scale of future sea level rise is difficult.

What the tiny but wealthy island city-state of Singapore does will be keenly watched by other populous coastal cities such as ...