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Sea Level Rise

In Far Northeastern Maine, a Native Community Fights to Adapt to Climate Change

Sea level rise, dwindling fisheries and Trump budget cuts make the Passamaquoddy tribe’s resiliency quest a test of smart planning and stubborn will.

By Sydney Cromwell

A wall made of boulders protects portions of Sipayik’s eastern coast from tidal erosion in Maine. Credit: Sydney Cromwell/Inside Climate News
Workers with the Billion Oyster Project prepare to place oysters in the waters near Brooklyn’s Bush Terminal Park in New York City. Credit: Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images

A New Jersey Shore Town Has Turned to Oysters to Fight Sea Level Rise and Erosion

By Emilie Lounsberry

A crew works to construc a sea wall to reduce the risk of coastal flooding and erosion due to sea level rise on March 4 in La Baule, France. Credit: Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images

New Climate Study Highlights Dire Sea Level Warnings

By Bob Berwyn

Dune restoration has stabilized an area separating Hither Creek from the Atlantic Ocean in Madaket, Nantucket. Credit: Jennifer Karberg/Nantucket Conservation Foundation

How Nantucket Is Preparing for Rising Seas

By Nicole Williams

A view of a flood-prone neighborhood in Atlantic City, N.J. Credit: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

As Summer Approaches, New Jersey’s Shore Towns Confront an Unrelenting Foe: Sea Level Rise

By Emilie Lounsberry

A slurry mix of sand and seawater is pumped onto the main public beach during a sand replenishment project for eroding shoreline related to sea level rise on Nov. 21, 2024 in San Clemente, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Paris Agreement Target for Warming Won’t Protect Polar Ice Sheets, Scientists Warn

By Bob Berwyn

An aerial view of the flood-prone Chelsea Heights neighborhood of Atlantic City, N.J. on Oct. 25, 2022. Credit: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

New Study Projects Climate-Driven Flooding for Thousands of New Jersey Homes

By Jon Hurdle

An aerial view of the Kalabogi village in Khulna, Bangladesh during the high tide on March 10, 2023. The village has been facing frequent cyclones and floods since the late 1990s. Credit: Kazi Salahuddin/NurPhoto via Getty Images

New Study Reinforces Worries About Pulses of Rapid Sea Level Rise

By Bob Berwyn

Rising Seas and Land-Based Salt Pollution Pose Dual Threats for Drinking Water

By Kiley Price

The Benjamin Franklin Bridge crosses the Delaware River in Philadelphia. Credit: Thomas Hengge/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Water Agency Renews Concern That Sea-Level Rise Will Flood Drinking-Water Intakes in Philadelphia, Southern N.J.

By Jon Hurdle

James Hansen, a former NASA climate scientist, led the team of researchers that documented an increasing rate of global warming since 2010. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

New Research Led by James Hansen Documents Global Warming Acceleration

By Bob Berwyn

The Thwaites Glacier and much of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could be lost by the 23rd century. Credit: Rob Larter/BAS

‘Grim Outlook’ for Thwaites Glacier

By Bob Berwyn

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visits Tonga for the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting. Credit: United Nations/Kiara Worth

Pacific Islands Climate Risk Growing as Sea Level Rise Accelerates

By Bob Berwyn

A great egret is seen in flight over the grassy marsh of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in New York City. Credit: Tim Farrell/NPS

New York City’s Marshes, Resplendent and Threatened

By Lauren Dalban

A view of the marshes of Udall’s Cove Park and Preserve in Little Neck, Queens. Credit: Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News

New York’s Marshes Plagued by Sewage Runoff and Lack of Sediment

By Lauren Dalban

Steve Salem is a 50-year boat captain who lives on a tributary of the St. Johns River. The rising tides in Jacksonville are testing his intuition. Credit: Amy Green/Inside Climate News

In the South, Sea Level Rise Accelerates at Some of the Most Extreme Rates on Earth

By Amy Green

As developers build new homes to accommodate suburban sprawl, historic Black communities like Ten Mile on South Carolina's coast become increasingly vulnerable to tidal flooding. Credit: Courtesy of Dana Coleman

Facing Climate Gentrification, an Historic African American Community Outside Charleston, S.C., Embraces Conservation

By Daniel Shailer

New research showing previously unmapped areas of meltwater on the surface Antarctic ice shelves raises concerns about the large-scale disintegration of those floating shelves. Credit: Sergio Pitamitz/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Study Maps Giant Slush Zones as New Threat to Antarctic Ice

By Bob Berwyn

Khadiza Akhter fills up pitchers with water from a spigot in front of her home in Savar, Bangladesh. Credit: Mahadi Al Hasnat/Grist

Salt in the Womb: How Rising Seas Erode Reproductive Health

By Zoya Teirstein and Mahadi Al Hasnat, Grist

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