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Sea Level Rise

A decline of Antarctic sea ice will affect the entire food chain by changing the availability of plankton and krill, and in some cases, crowding animals closer together. Credit: Bob Berwyn/Inside Climate News

In Two New Studies, Scientists See Signs of Fundamental Climate Shifts in Antarctica

By Bob Berwyn

Ocean waves encroach upon a beachfront property where a portion of Highway 12 was closed due to severely eroded coastline on the Outer Banks in Rodanthe, North Carolina on Jan. 7, 2023. Credit: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Sinking Coastal Lands Will Exacerbate the Flooding from Sea Level Rise in 24 US Cities, New Research Shows

By Moriah McDonald

Thwaites Glacier ice cliffs can be several hundred feet high, with an area of ice nearly the size of Nebraska behind. Credit James Kirkham

New Research from Antarctica Affirms the Threat of the ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ but Funding to Keep Studying It Is Running Out

By Bob Berwyn

An aerial view of melting glaciers in Scoresby Fjord near Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland on Aug. 21, 2023. Credit: Olivier Morin/AFP via Getty Images

A New Study Revealed Big Underestimates of Greenland Ice Loss—and the Power of New Technologies to Track the Changes

By Moriah McDonald

An aerial view over Brooklyn and the Rockaways, near Jamaica Bay. The tentative U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' coastal storm surge plan calls for one storm gate to be constructed at the entrance to Jamaica Bay. Credit: Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.

Frustrated by a Lack of Details, Communities Await Federal Decision on Protecting New York From Coastal Storm Surges

By Delaney Dryfoos

The Ilulissat Ice fjord in Greenland runs west 25 miles from the Greenland ice sheet to Disko Bay close to Ilulissat town. Credit: Veronique Durruty/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images.

Extreme Rain From Atmospheric Rivers and Ice-Heating Micro-Cracks Are Ominous New Threats to the Greenland Ice Sheet

By Bob Berwyn

Tidal flooding fills streets in Norfolk, Virginia on Monday October 3, 2022. Credit: Jim Morrison for The Washington Post via Getty Images

Water, Water Everywhere, Yet Local U.S. Planners Are Lowballing Their Estimates

By Charlie Miller

Developers have redesigned Treasure Island to withstand a rising San Francisco Bay, elevating land and setting aside space for ever-higher sea walls. Engineers say planned fortifications will hold — but with flood risk accelerating, no one knows for how long. Credit: Yesica Prado/San Francisco Public Press

Promising to Prevent Floods at Treasure Island, Builders Downplay Risk of Sea Rise

By Kristi Coale, San Francisco Public Press

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

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

By Emma Ricketts

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

Story and photos 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

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