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 ...
The tide charts used in the state and across the country are based on sea levels from roughly the 1990s.
For around 2,000 years, global sea levels varied little. That changed in the 20th century. They started rising and have not stopped since — and the pace is accelerating. Scientists are scrambling to ...
MIAMI - As sea levels rise, drainage systems based on gravity become less and less effective, because eventually the stormwater or water from high tide flooding will have no place to go and can ...
The claim: Sydney area sea levels down since 1914, which represents 'the true ocean rise story' An Oct. 27 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a document that makes a series of claims ...
Norfolk, Virginia, currently has the fastest rising sea level on the East Coast, while Wilmington is projected to see a 1.77-foot rise by 2050. Increased flooding, even on sunny days, is impacting ...
Rising sea levels could flood thousands of hazardous sites in marginalized communities mostly across seven states by 2100 should greenhouse gases continue to build up in the atmosphere, a study ...
Over the next decade, rising oceans are poised to redraw the edges of some of the world’s best known coastal cities, turning today’s “once in a century” floods into regular events and pushing salt ...