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Sea Level Rise

Flood-Prone Communities in Virginia May Lose a Lifeline if Governor Pulls State Out of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Aside from capping power plant emissions, the RGGI program sustains a state fund that helps coastal towns cope with recurring storms and rising tides.

By Emma Ricketts

A driver passes through a street flooded by rain from Hurricane Irene on Aug. 28, 2011 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Credit: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images
UN Secretary-General António Guterres speaks to reporters on the earthquake in Türkiye and Syria at the UN headquarters in New York, Feb. 9, 2023. Credit: Xie E/Xinhua via Getty Images

Sea Level Rise Could Drive 1 in 10 People from Their Homes, with Dangerous Implications for International Peace, UN Secretary General Warns

By Bob Berwyn

An office worker returning home in Chittagong as the city faces unprecedented flooding due to rising sea level, the release of water from the Kaptai Lake, and the suspension of the Karnaphuli River dredging. Credit: K M Asad/LightRocket via Getty Images

Twice as Much Land in Developing Nations Will be Swamped by Rising Seas than Previously Projected, New Research Shows

By Bob Berwyn

An aerial view of meltwater lakes formed at the Russell Glacier front, part of the Greenland ice sheet in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, on Aug. 16, 2022. Credit: Lukasz Larsson Warzecha/Getty Images

One of the World’s Coldest Places Is Now the Warmest it’s Been in 1,000 Years, Scientists Say

By Bob Berwyn

Village in Bulakan is flooded by the high tide. The islands in Manila Bay in Bulacan Province are being inundated by every high tide as the sea advances. Credit: James Whitlow Delano

Sinking Land and Rising Seas Threaten Manila Bay’s Coastal Communities

By James Whitlow Delano

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during the first day of the Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. Credit: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

New Florida Legislation Will Help the State Brace for Rising Sea Levels, but Doesn’t Address Its Underlying Cause

By Amy Green, WMFE

During the high tide the inhabitants of Ghoramara Island in India are fixing the fragile soil embankment to restrain the further land erosion and the high tide that inundates to the island that is rapidly disappearing due to the sea level rise. Credit: Debsuddha Banerjee / Climate Visuals Countdown

New Federal Report Warns of Accelerating Impacts From Sea Level Rise

By Bob Berwyn

Aerial of a boat traveling through Chesapeake Bay on the Eastern Shore, Maryland. Credit: Edwin Remsburg/VW Pics via Getty Images

Maryland, Virginia Lawmakers Spearhead Drive to Make the Chesapeake Bay a National Recreation Area

By Tigist Ashaka

An aerial view from a drone shows how close some of the homes are to the lagoon on Sept. 13, 2019 in Kivalina, Alaska. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Indigenous Tribes Facing Displacement in Alaska and Louisiana Say the U.S. Is Ignoring Climate Threats

By Dalia Faheid

View from Pennsylvania to New Jersey over the Delaware River. Credit: Jumping Rocks/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.

The Riverkeeper’s Quest to Protect the Delaware River Watershed as the Rains Fall and Sea Level Rises

By Daelin Brown

Island Road, the only road to Isle De Jean Charles, is often flooded by encroaching water leaving residents stranded on the island for hours or days at a time. Credit: Katie Livingstone/Inside Climate News

To Flee, or to Stay Until the End and Be Swallowed by the Sea

By Dalia Faheid, Katie Livingstone

A detour sign is seen at East 20th Street and Avenue C in Lower Manhattan as the first phase of major construction is underway. Credit: Brahmjot Kaur/Inside Climate News

New York Embarks on a Massive Climate Resiliency Project to Protect Manhattan’s Lower East Side From Sea Level Rise

By Brahmjot Kaur

Farmers in Kenya. Credit: Geoffrey Omondi/Climate Visuals Countdown

Without ‘Transformative Adaptation’ Climate Change May Threaten the Survival of Millions of Small Scale Farmers

By Georgina Gustin

The accelerating breakup of Antarctic ice shelves along the Antarctic Peninsula is intensifying concerns about sea level rise. Credit Bob Berwyn

The Acceleration of an Antarctic Glacier Shows How Global Warming Can Rapidly Break Up Polar Ice and Raise Sea Level

By Bob Berwyn

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a new conference in the state held at the Jackson Memorial Hospital on July 13, 2020 in Miami, Florida. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

DeSantis Recognizes the Threat Posed by Climate Change, but Hasn’t Embraced Reducing Carbon Emissions

By James Bruggers, Amy Green

The Greenland Ice Sheet, which has enough frozen water to raise sea levels by 20 feet, melted away completely at least once about 1 million years ago, new research shows. Credit: Joshua Brown

Long-lost Core Drilled to Prepare Ice Sheet to Hide Nuclear Missiles Holds Clues About a Different Threat

By Bob Berwyn

In Washington state, a funeral home is offering human composting. After 30 days, a body turns to soil, and can be laid to rest in a forest. Credit Karen Bleier/AFP via Getty Images

Warming Trends: Composting the Dead to Help Soils and the Climate, Musk’s Contest to Clean Carbon From the Atmosphere and Posters for Holidays on Flooded Shorelines

By Katelyn Weisbrod

The Jökulsárlón glacial lake is seen in Iceland in 2015. New research shows that Earth's ice is melting faster than ever. The annual melt rate grew from 0.8 trillion tons in the 1990s to 1.3 trillion tons by 2017. Credit: Bob Berwyn

Global Ice Loss on Pace to Drive Worst-Case Sea Level Rise

By Bob Berwyn

Icebergs near Ilulissat, Greenland. Climate change is having a profound effect in Greenland with glaciers and the Greenland ice cap retreating.

Many Scientists Now Say Global Warming Could Stop Relatively Quickly After Emissions Go to Zero

By Bob Berwyn

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