The nation of Tuvalu has created an ambitious plan to relocate its entire population and preserve key cultural and historic ...

For instance, the research team has identified a significant acceleration in the rise of the coastal sea level in the Gulf of Mexico since the early 2010s.

NOAA-supported scientists announced today that this year's Gulf of Mexico "dead zone"—an area of low to no oxygen that can ...

Losses of land-based water could have profound implications for access to safe drinking water and the ability to grow food.

There are two main reasons why the AMOC affects sea level rise, said David Thornally, professor of ocean and climate science at University College London, who was not involved in the research. A ...

Scientists have a good idea how much average sea level will rise by 2050 — around 6 inches globally, and as much as 10 to 12 inches in the US. Past 2050, however, things get very fuzzy.

The Gulf Coast, however, recorded several of the highest rates overall. Grand Isle, Louisiana, took the nation’s top spot, with more than 8 millimeters of sea-level rise last year.

Pensacola faced the highest sea level rise, at a rate of 3.709 millimeters a year. Fort Myers and St Petersburg, both along the Gulf Coast, were not much better, seeing rises of 3.706 millimeters.

A slow-moving crisis of sinking land and rising water is playing out along America's coastline. In the past 100 years, sea levels have climbed about a foot or more in some U.S. cities – 11 ...

A crucial system of ocean currents is slowing. It’s already supercharging sea level rise in the US. Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images via CNN Newsource Waves crash on the beach in January 2016 in ...