The world’s oceans are rising at an accelerating pace, and scientists now say they can fully explain what’s driving it.

Sea level rise is a direct consequence of human-induced climate change: global warming. It is relentless and very hard to ...

In 2024, the hottest year in recorded history, sea levels rose at a rate 35% more than expected, according to a new report from NASA. The space agency explained on its website that the acceleration of ...

One of the world's largest glaciers, located in Antarctica, is on the verge of collapse, amplifying concerns about sea level ...

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 ...

According to NOAA, the global average sea level has risen 8–9 inches (21–24 centimeters) since 1880. The rate at which the ...

Most people picture sea level rise as something like filling a bathtub: water goes in, the surface rises evenly, and every coastline faces the same fate. The reality is far more complicated and, in ...

Florida adds new sand to its hourglass with each beach renourishment project. Adding new sand, however, is a process that is ...

Chris Stiedemann of Poseidon Water looks over the giant filters that remove microscopic impurities from the seawater. Photo by Chris Jennewein Elon Musk: lend me your ear. Now that you’ve tackled free ...

The claim: Sydney area sea levels down since 1914, which represents 'the true ocean rise story' An Oct. 27 Facebook post shows a document that makes a series of claims about sea level rise and ...

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.