Picture standing at the water's edge, watching waves creep higher with each passing year. That's the reality for millions living in coastal communities around the globe right now. 4 mm above 1993 ...

Climate change’s rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally thought because of mistaken research assumptions on how high coastal waters ...

Satellite measurements show that in the early 2010s sea level rise suddenly accelerated to a rate of 4.1 millimetres per year ...

Chris Stiedemann of Poseidon Water looks over the giant filters that remove microscopic impurities from the seawater. Photo by Chris Jennewein Elon Musk: lend me your ear. Now that you’ve tackled free ...

Rising sea levels caused by climate change may be significantly higher than previously thought, according to a new study, which says a "methodological blind spot" led researchers to underestimate ...

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 ...

For over three decades, satellites orbiting Earth have measured the height of the ocean surface with remarkable precision. These measurements are crucial because changes in ocean height are one of the ...

Measurements of coastal sea-level height around the world may be higher than scientists previously thought, according to new research. Past research may even have underestimated coastal sea level ...

Bay Area scientists, researchers, community advocates and local leaders will converge on the Exploratorium for a conference focusing on ways in which the region is addressing rising sea levels and ...

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