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Sea levels are rising at a rate not seen in over 4,000 years, and the world's biggest cities are on the front lines

Sea levels are rising faster than in 4,000 years, putting some of the world's largest cities at growing risk of flooding and ...
EurekAlert!

Study provides new forecasts of remote islands’ vulnerability to sea level rise

In the summer of 2022, 20 islands in the Maldives were flooded when a distant swell event in the Indian Ocean coincided with an extremely high tide level. A new and detailed analysis of that incident, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Sea Levels Might Be Higher Than We Thought, Putting Millions of People in the Path of Coastal Flooding Sooner Than Expected

A lot of past research has used flawed methodology to estimate current coastal water levels, according to a new study ...

Sea Levels Are Already Higher Than Many Scientists Think, New Study Shows

Researchers found that a majority of studies on coastal sea levels underestimated how high water levels are, and hundreds of ...

Coastal Sea Levels Are Much Higher Than Previously Thought, Meaning Millions More Are in Danger

I didn’t expect the discrepancy to be so immense,” said Katharina Seeger, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Study: Up to 132M more people may face sea-level rise risk

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

Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we mapped where Antarctica’s ice melt would have the biggest impact

Sea-level rise changes coastlines, putting homes at risk, as Summer Haven, Fla., has seen. Aerial Views/E+/Getty Images Shaina Sadai, Five College Consortium and Ambarish Karmalkar, University of ...