Tuvalu, one of the countries at greatest risk from climate change, which experts say is boosting sea levels, has a population of 11,000 on its nine atolls scattered across the Pacific.

Yet another legal challenge has been lodged against a contentious gas plant extension in WA's north, arguing the state's previous environment minister failed to properly consider the emissions ...

There is medium confidence that such an additional rise would not exceed several tenths of a metre by 2100. Under all scenarios, sea level will continue to rise after 2100, with high emissions leading ...

Norfolk, Virginia, currently has the fastest rising sea level on the East Coast, while Wilmington is projected to see a 1.77-foot rise by 2050. Increased flooding, even on sunny days, is impacting ...

Federal funding to address sea level rise is uncertain. ... A map depicting FEMA flood zones in downtown Olympia. ... Weiss said the city is designing for a 2-foot sea level rise scenario by 2050.

Sea level rise is expected to accelerate in the coming decades. County supervisors approved plans heading to the Coastal Commission. In Ventura County, plans call for elevating homes along the ...

In the 20th century, global sea level rose faster than at any other time in the past 3,000 years. It's expected to rise even further by 2100, as human-induced climate change intensifies. In fact ...

As human activity warms our planet, the ocean absorbs over 90 percent of the excess heat. This increases water volume and melts ice sheets and glaciers, contributing to sea level rise.

Pacific Island group condemns Australia’s support for gas project extension as major new climate report warns we are “fast running out of time to turn the tide” on ocean acidifica… ...

In this latest instalment of Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, we journey to 2035, when undersea living became a reality. Rowan Hooper tells us how it happened ...