Sea levels around Africa are rising faster than the global average: what’s behind this alarming trend

An El Niño event combined with other weather phenomena led to record level sea rise in African oceans during 2023 and 2024.
The Tartan

Global models underestimate sea level rise

In discussions about climate change, you may have heard some staggering statistics — global mean sea level is expected to rise by 0.28 to 1.01 meters, and global mean temperatures are expected to rise ...

Scientists Discover Ice Age Forests in the North Sea’s Sunken “Lost World”

Ancient DNA preserved in seabed sediments suggests Doggerland hosted temperate forests far earlier than expected.
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 ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Study finds sea levels have been underestimated, especially in the Global South

Scientists studying coastal flood risk have been working with sea-level estimates that are systematically too low, according to a study published in Nature on March 4, 2026. Researchers Christian ...
The Echo

Essex weather warning as flood alert issued to coastal towns

A flood alert has been issued by the Environment Agency for the Essex coast from Clacton to St Peters Flat, including Jaywick, Brightlingsea, Mersea Island, Heybridge, Maldon and the Colne and ...
Harwich and Manningtree Standard

Met office issue flood alert for Essex coastal towns

A flood alert has been issued by the Met Office for the Essex coast from Clacton to St Peters Flat, including Jaywick, Brightlingsea, Mersea Island, Heybridge, Maldon and the Colne and Blackwater ...
Hawaii News Now

Sea level rise worries most Hawaii residents, according to new survey

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A newly published survey found that most Hawaii residents are concerned about how rising sea levels will impact Hawaii. Researchers from the University of Hawaii Economic ...
Yahoo

Sea Levels Are Rising Globally. Around Greenland, They're Projected to Fall.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man stands facing away from viewer, looking at an ice block at the coastline Around the world, sea levels are rising. But, ...
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Have sea levels actually been rising all along?

Sea level rise is often dismissed because it does not look dramatic from year to year. This video digs into tide gauge records and satellite measurements to show that oceans have been rising faster ...
Reuters

Fact Check: Misleading photo comparison of Scottish coast does not disprove rising sea levels

A composite photograph comparing images of coastline near a Scottish castle and seemingly taken more than a century apart is not evidence that rising sea levels are a hoax, contrary to widely shared ...
Mongabay

A ‘new baseline’: Study captures accelerating sea-level rise in Africa

Sea-level rise has accelerated across Africa in recent decades, thanks to global warming and, in particular, to the melting of ice sheets and glaciers, according to a recent study. Sea levels across ...