RICHMOND, Calif.—On a sunny morning in May, Luna Angulo walked alongside a towering chain-link fence topped with razor wire on San Francisco Bay’s eastern shore. She lingered near locked gates posted ...

While Antarctic meltwater drives rising sea levels, models show it also delays greenhouse gas-induced warming. That’s because ...

Rising sea levels reshape coastal areas faster than expected. Natural defenses fall behind and old seafloor maps hid important problems.

In 2024, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) projected sea levels to rise by about 10-12 inches by 2050, exposing coastal areas to more regular flooding, especially during high ...

Seven states along the coasts face the worst potential impact. Sea level rise caused by climate change could cause thousands of toxic sites in the U.S. to flood in the coming decades, according to new ...

Rising sea levels could flood thousands of hazardous sites in marginalized communities mostly across seven states by 2100 should greenhouse gases continue to build up in the atmosphere, a study ...

SpaceX launched a joint NASA-European environmental research satellite early Monday, the second in an ongoing billion-dollar project to measure long-term changes in sea level, a key indicator of ...