A new study published in Nature has found that sea levels along the world’s coastlines are already significantly higher than the majority of scientific assessments have assumed. The finding, which ...

Oceans are rising as the climate changes, threatening coastal cities. A new study shows that much more of the world's ...

A peer-reviewed study published in Nature on March 4, 2026, finds that up to 132 million more people worldwide may be exposed to sea-level rise than previous assessments suggested. The core problem is ...

A new study in the journal Nature says most sea level rise research may have underestimated coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot.

Many coastal maps start from the wrong sea-level baseline, and correcting the error could mean millions more are vulnerable ...

Global coastal sea levels are on average 1 foot higher than previously assumed, a new report finds, raising alarms the world is underestimating how much land and how many people will be affected by ...

Sea-level rise changes coastlines, putting homes at risk, as Summer Haven, Fla., has seen. Aerial Views/E+/Getty Images Shaina Sadai, Five College Consortium and Ambarish Karmalkar, University of ...

Researchers found that a majority of studies on coastal sea levels underestimated how high water levels are, and hundreds of millions of people are closer to peril than previously thought.

Greenland loses 200 billion tons of ice per year, lifting the land and lowering nearby sea levels even as global oceans continue to rise.

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 ...