For around 2,000 years, global sea levels hardly varied. That changed in the twentieth century. Sea levels started rising and ...

In the dry, sun-scorched deserts of Ethiopia, a slow but astonishing transformation has been unfolding since 2005. A 35-mile-long crack, known as the East African Rift, is gradually tearing through ...

A new study gives alarming glimpse into the future, as some scientists warn these currents could be just decades from ...

Tangier Island residents work to preserve culture threatened by rising sea levels Rising waters due to climate change and erosion are diminishing the landmass of Tangier Island, Virginia ...

Good luck finding Tuvalu on a map. The Pacific paradise, located between Australia and Hawaii, is one of the smallest countries in the world. Its nine tiny islands combine for just 10 square miles.

With climate change, rising seas are eroding Hawaii’s coast near homes with cesspools. Sea rise also is pushing the island’s groundwater closer to the surface, allowing the cesspool effluent ...

Tillamook is among dozens of sites along the Oregon Coast where rising sea levels will cause repeat flooding by the end of the century, according to scientists. (Oregon Department of ...

Coral reefs around the world are losing their color at an unprecedented scale as a result of rising sea temperatures, federal marine scientists announced this week, with 84 percent of reefs ...

“As crazy as this sounds, it’s a very stable real estate market,” Dare County Commissioner Danny Couch said. The rising threat Wilmington has recorded seven inches of sea level rise since ...

Top UN court to hear landmark climate change case on rising sea levels 'We want the court to confirm that the conduct that has wrecked the climate is unlawful.' From flood damage to coral ...