Melting of the Antarctic ice sheet due to global warming has long-term, irreversible societal impacts with important ...

Florida's future might be underwater, but how much and how soon is still a question. A map by Climate Central, a nonprofit organization of scientists and journalists, suggests that many coastal areas ...

Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier retreated five miles in two months, 10 times as fast as the previous record, with possible implications for the pace of sea-level rise.

Some of the largest cities in Florida are facing rising sea levels across the state's coastline, according to new research from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. The Sunshine State, which has ...

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 ...

Like giant bones planted in the earth, clusters of tree trunks, stripped clean of bark, are appearing along the Chesapeake Bay on the United States’ mid-Atlantic coast. They are ghost forests: the ...

Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula lost nearly half its size astonishingly rapidly. Scientists have now discovered the reasons behind its rapid retreat and say it raises fears for sea level ...

Overpumping groundwater, worsening droughts and more rapid evaporation due to higher temperatures have caused a drastic decline in the amount of available freshwater, according to a new study.

Sea level rise is speeding up in parts of the United States, with Southeastern and Gulf Coast cities showing the most pronounced acceleration. New data released by William & Mary's Batten School and ...