Humanity has contended with rising seas before — and it didn’t go well for us
It's a bad day when the ocean moves into your living room.
Tag: sea level
The Greenland ice sheet is losing some 270 billion tons of ice each year, a new study finds
Knowing how much water gets melted into the oceans will help us estimate the impact of rising sea levels.
More than 13 million Americans could be at risk from sea level rise by 2100
A new study analyzing sea level rise forecasts as well as population growth projections found that we've underestimated just how ...
Fiji becomes the first country in the world to ratify the Paris climate deal
This Friday, the tiny island nation of Fiji put up a big flag on the map by becoming the first ...
Sea level rise of up to 1.6 meters projected for 2100
It is no longer a question if multi-meter sea level rises will happen, but only of when. According to the ...
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