The Mediterranean basin exhibits complex interactions between rising sea levels and coastal processes, driven by global warming, regional tectonics and human activities. Over the past century, average ...

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 ...

For almost a century, researchers have known that vertical land motion—the lifting and sinking of the ground—affects sea level locally. As the ground sinks, the sea level rises relative to the land.

A salt marsh in the Outer Hebrides provides an “almost unbroken record” of sea level changes over the last 2,500 years, scientists have said. Researchers studying the marsh at Gress on the Isle of ...

Human-caused sea-level rise has significantly increased the frequency of extreme coastal flooding worldwide, according to a new study led by a Tulane University researcher. The research, published in ...

Beyond Climate: The Geological Wild Card We tend to link rising and falling sea levels to changes in climate. And yes, climate is a major player: warm periods usually mean higher seas, thanks to ...

WASHINGTON — The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine today announced an award of more than $7.3 million to support four interdisciplinary ...

The world’s oceans are rising at an accelerating pace, and scientists now say they can fully explain what’s driving it. Warming seawater is the biggest factor, while melting glaciers and polar ice ...

An online comparison of two photographs of a stretch of English coastline - purportedly taken more than 80 years apart - is ...

Two photographs comparing a harbour in Cornwall, England, more than 120 years apart are not evidence that climate change-linked sea level rise is unimportant. “Someone save St Ives, Cornwall, quick!!

Dos du Dragon (Dragon’s back), Ivoini, Grande Comore. The Comoros Islands is particularly vulnerable to sea level rise. Frans Sellies/Getty Images For over three decades, satellites orbiting Earth ...