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Sea Level Rise

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

Democratic Senate candidates Raphael Warnock (left) and Jon Ossoff of Georgia wave to supporters during a rally on Nov. 15, 2020 in Marietta, Georgia. Ossoff and Warnock face incumbent U.S. Sens. David Purdue (R-Georgia) and Kelly Loeffler (R-Georgia) respectively in a runoff election Jan. 5. Credit: Jessica McGowan/Getty Images

In Georgia, Buffeted by Hurricanes and Drought, Climate Change Is on the Ballot

By James Bruggers

Maui. Credit: Andre Seale/VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Maui Has Begun the Process of Managed Retreat. It Wants Big Oil to Pay the Cost of Sea Level Rise.

By David Hasemyer

Satellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies

Battered, Flooded and Submerged: Many Superfund Sites are Dangerously Threatened by Climate Change

By DAVID HASEMYER, INSIDECLIMATE NEWS, AND LISE OLSEN, TEXAS OBSERVER

‘At the Forefront of Climate Change,’ Hoboken, New Jersey, Seeks Damages From ExxonMobil

By David Hasemyer

Floodwaters inundate the San Jacinto River basin in Houston, Texas, following Hurricane Harvey. Credit: DigitalGlobe via Getty Images

Hundreds of Toxic Superfund Sites Imperiled by Sea-Level Rise, Study Warns

By David Hasemyer

Scientists help service the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Hawaii Ocean Time Series Site (WHOTS) mooring.  Credit: NOAA

Q&A: Oceanographers Tell How the Pandemic Crimps Global Ocean and Climate Monitoring

By Bob Berwyn

A home demolition in Oakwood Beach, Staten Island in 2015. Image Credit: Still image from "Managed Retreat" by Nathan Kensinger

In New York City, ‘Managed Retreat’ Has Become a Grim Reality

By Ilana Cohen

Ice shelves. Credit: Massimo Rumi/Barcroft Media via Getty Images

Antarctic Ocean Reveals New Signs of Rapid Melt of Ancient Ice, Clues About Future Sea Level Rise

By Bob Berwyn

Credit: Andrea Pattaro/AFP via Getty Images

The Canals Are Clear Thanks to the Coronavirus, But Venice’s Existential Threat Is Climate Change

By SARA MORACA

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