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

More than five miles of glacial ice in Antarctica vanished in only two months, retreating 10 times as fast as the previous record, with possible implications for the stability of other glaciers and ...

Corpus Christi are using advanced AI to forecast future sea levels, helping local emergency experts better prepare for coastal flooding.

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 ...

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 ...

William & Mary’s Batten School and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science have released its yearly “report cards” for sea-level rise, and the city of Norfolk is once again near the top of the class.

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.

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 ...