Global ice-cliff survey tests disputed theory behind projections of accelerated sea level rise

A new study led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) provides the most comprehensive observational analysis yet ...
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Understanding sea level rise: The science of our changing oceans

Sea levels are rising, and the human race is to blame. For more than a century, people have burned coal, gas, and oil for ...
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Rising seas, rising stakes: What increasing sea-levels mean to humanity

31 August 2026 - The ocean is rising faster now than at any point in recorded history. The impacts are already being felt and the threats are growing. Land is being inundated, homes are flooding, ...

Rising seas could weaken Chesapeake Bay's natural storm surge buffer

A hurricane does not have to make a direct hit to affect the Chesapeake Bay. Even from out at sea, a hurricane's winds, waves ...
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Sea levels to rise in California as coastal wave surges up west coast

LOS ANGELES, United States — Sea levels in California are set to rise by as much as a foot (30 centimeters) in the coming days as an enormous wave washes up the US West Coast. The huge surge of energy ...
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Sudden sea level rise — tied to El Niño — is about to hit the California coast

The sea level along California’s coast will increase by about a foot by mid-October due to El Niño driving water north from South and Central America.
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The ‘Kelvin wave’ hitting California is a potent warning about sea-level rise

Sea level on the California coast is likely to be pushed to extremes this winter by compounding forces, but these extremes ...

Sea Level Rise Is Reshaping a California Beach Town and Threatening a Key Rail Line

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) — For years, residents of this Southern California beach town could walk a mile along a stretch of cream-colored sand and dip their toes in the waves lapping ashore. That ...