Oceans are rising as the climate changes, threatening coastal cities. A new study shows that much more of the world's population is vulnerable than earlier predictions had estimated.

Coastal sea levels are already up to a foot higher than many scientists believe, according to an alarming new assessment from researchers in the Netherlands. The findings have concerning implications ...

A new study in the journal Nature says most sea level rise research may have underestimated coastal water heights by an ...

Waters surrounding Africa are climbing at rates that outpace the global average, according to peer-reviewed satellite data ...

Climate change’s rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally thought because of mistaken research assumptions on how high coastal waters ...

A systematic review published in Nature finds that roughly 90% of coastal hazard and sea level rise exposure studies contain ...

Climate change may threaten tens of millions more people than had been believed, according to a new study that says earlier research used incorrect information about water levels along the world’s ...

For over three decades, satellites orbiting Earth have measured the height of the ocean surface with remarkable precision.

Franck Ghomsi is a researcher at the Nansen-Tutu Centre for Marine Environmental Research in the Department of Oceanography at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He is also affiliated with the ...