For around 2,000 years, global sea levels varied little. That changed in the 20th century. They started rising and have not stopped since — and the pace is accelerating. Scientists are scrambling to ...

Worldwide, millions of people live in river deltas that are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, research suggests.

Global sea levels have not continued to rise at the rates predicted by many scientists — and there is no evidence that climate change has contributed to any such acceleration, a new first-of-its-kind ...

As the climate warms by two to four degrees, rising oceans could permanently reshape coastlines around the world. This flyover simulation shows how major cities may change as sea levels climb by ...

The world’s ice sheets are on course for runaway melting, leading to multiple feet of sea level rise and “catastrophic” migration away from coastlines, even if the world pulls off the miraculous and ...

The findings point to heightening near-term flood risk for more than 236 million people, but river delta flooding is an issue ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Jul 17, 2025, 08:31am EDT Jul 17, 2025, 12:35pm EDT Climate curve ...

A new study found that there is no evidence that climate change has contributed to rising sea levels. Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images Yet another much-predicted climate-change ...

On a flat map, Greenland looks like a lonely white expanse at the top of the world. On the right projections, it jumps out as ...