Oceans are rising as the climate changes, threatening coastal cities. A new study shows that much more of the world's ...

A new study published in Nature has found that sea levels along the world’s coastlines are already significantly higher than the majority of scientific assessments have assumed. The finding, which ...

Fri, January 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM UTC Ah, the 1980s—a time of New Coke, teased hair, and an ocean that warmed at a respectable rate. Fast forward forty years, and classic Coke is back, teased hair is ...

A widely used method to calculate sea level rise may have missed up to a century of change, so the risks could hit home for millions sooner than thought.

What color is the ocean? Duke University researcher Haipeng Zhao posed the question rhetorically, but the answer is automatic for most: blue. This isn’t wrong. But it's not completely right, either.

Most of the research conducted around rising oceans might have misjudged the rising coastal hazards by an approximate of 20 to 30 centimetres. Out of 385 expert-reviewed studies published between 2009 ...

Earth’s climate is changing, and the study of oceans is vital to understanding the effects of those changes on our future. For the first time, U.S and European agencies are preparing to launch a ...

Hotter oceans fuel stronger storms & faster sea-level rise, which means more flooding in Charleston. Heat can also destroy marine ecosystems & disrupt the food web.