Melting of the Antarctic ice sheet due to global warming has long-term, irreversible societal impacts with important implications for people around the world. Spatial patterns of sea level change from ...

Sea levels along the United States coast are rising faster than they did in the past, and the change is not subtle.

A new study has found that powerful atmospheric rivers—narrow bands of concentrated moisture that deliver heavy rain and strong winds—could significantly contribute to sea level rise along the West ...

When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ocean currents and affects temperatures in places far from the poles. But ...

Sea level rise — mostly due to glacial melt largely caused by anthropogenic climate change — has been a hot button topic for the past half century. But historically defining the basic parameters of ...