We could be underestimating the global population who'll be affected by sea level rise by almost 70%, a new Dutch study finds. Researchers found that hundreds of past studies on coastal hazards - like ...

Researchers found that a majority of studies on coastal sea levels underestimated how high water levels are, and hundreds of millions of people are closer to peril than previously thought.

A peer-reviewed study published in Nature on March 4, 2026, finds that up to 132 million more people worldwide may be exposed ...