Antarctic glaciers have been melting at an accelerating pace over the past four decades thanks to an influx of warm ocean water — a startling new finding that researchers say Continue Reading
Should communities hit over and over again by natural disasters — like hurricanes, fires, earthquakes, and tornadoes — keep rebuilding? Or should they retreat from areas that are especially disaster-prone? Continue Reading
When it comes to measuring ice loss at the poles , and predicting what might happen next, scientists need as much accurate data as they can get – and a Continue Reading
A flotilla of tabular icebergs adrift in the Southern Ocean, near the outlet of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin, East Antarctica. (Christina Riesselman) Temperatures not much warmer than the planet is Continue Reading
Homes along the edge of the coast in Santa Barbara County, Calif., in 2005. (Patrick Barnard/Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center/U.S. Geological Survey) Like an ax slowly chopping at the Continue Reading
As the start of a new hurricane season looms on June 1, homeowners along this stretch of Texas coast—which Harvey pounded with 130-mile-an-hour winds before steering north to drench Houston—are Continue Reading
The ground around San Francisco Bay is sinking to meet the rising sea, another reason for Bay Area residents to worry about the impact of climate change on their region. Continue Reading
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards was elected in 2015 with substantial support from trial lawyers, and he’s now repaying them in kind. The former minority leader of the state’s House Continue Reading
Marshes near Jean Lafitte. Rising sea levels and land loss are driving back Louisiana’s coastline, and a fourth of the state’s wetlands are already gone. The West Closure Complex is Continue Reading
Fijian singers strumming ukuleles serenade delegates to the United Nations climate talks as they enter the conference hall. A traditional two-hulled sailing craft, or drua, is on display by the Continue Reading
This NASA Earth Observatory image obtained July 27, 2012, shows a massive ice island as it broke free of the Petermann Glacier in northwestern Greenland. (Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon/NASA Continue Reading
New research offers more accurate predictions about where meltwater from shrinking glaciers is most likely to end up and encourage costal flooding. Photo by UPI/Matthew Healey Nov. 16 (UPI) — Continue Reading
The Amundsen Sea sector of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has most likely been destabilized and ice retreat is unstoppable for the current conditions. No further acceleration in climate change Continue Reading
A huge iceberg, a quarter the size of Wales, is poised to break off from the Larsen C ice shelf An iceberg expected to be one of the 10 largest Continue Reading
Real estate agents looking to sell coastal properties usually focus on one thing: how close the home is to the water’s edge. But buyers are increasingly asking instead how far Continue Reading
In an enclave of a city known as the Venice of America, where dream-big houses look out over a maze of picturesque canals, the comparison to the Venice of Italy Continue Reading
Where the Oceans Have Been Colder and Hotter Than Average Average temperatures from each decade compared with the 20th-century average. Ocean temperatures have been consistently rising for at least three Continue Reading
The state can’t pay, so someone has to. And the water keeps rising. The Phillips 66 oil refinery on the bank of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, near the Continue Reading
Louisiana’s shrinking coastline is causing headaches for the oil industry in that state, as an eroding coast and rising sea waters are threatening oil infrastructure. The coastline is disappearing at Continue Reading
The state can’t pay, so someone has to. And the water keeps rising. The Phillips 66 oil refinery on the bank of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, near the Continue Reading
North Miami buildings are seen near the ocean. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) This story has been updated. On a warming Earth, seas inevitably rise, as ice on land melts Continue Reading
The worsening of tidal flooding in American coastal communities is largely a consequence of greenhouse gases from human activity, and the problem will grow far worse in coming decades, scientists Continue Reading
