MIAMI - As sea levels rise, drainage systems based on gravity become less and less effective, because eventually the stormwater or water from high tide flooding will have no place to go and can ...

FONGAFALE, Tuvalu - Tuvalu and its 11,000 people, who live on nine atolls scattered across the Pacific, are running out of time. Fukanoe Laafai would like to start a family. But she is struggling to ...

Los Angeles and other coastal areas of the United States will experience frequent flooding, degraded infrastructure and other profound challenges as sea levels rise by as much as 1 foot by 2050, a ...

More than 1 million people are living in or near a flood plain in New York City. New York City is among the most densely populated coastal communities in the world preparing for an inevitable rise in ...

David Legates was a Visiting Fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment. The rise in mean global sea levels has been ongoing since the demise of the last Ice Age, ...

Rising sea levels, largely caused by climate change, could disrupt the lives of millions of Americans in the coming decades. The U.S.'s extensive coastline, which is densely populated, will be ...

Some social media users are sharing a meme purportedly showing the status of sea level rise at the Statue of Liberty. The meme features two photos. One shows a black and white photo of the Statue of ...

It is not possible to gauge sea level rise simply by comparing two images of a location side-by-side, experts told Reuters, despite claims made online. A widely shared post compares two images of Fort ...