A new 30-year analysis reveals that melting land ice is now the main force behind rising global sea levels. Researchers discovered that oceans rose about 90 millimeters since 1993, with most of the ...

A widely used method to calculate sea level rise may have missed up to a century of change, so the risks could hit home for millions sooner than thought.

Most of the research conducted around rising oceans might have misjudged the rising coastal hazards by an approximate of 20 ...

Oceans are rising as the climate changes, threatening coastal cities. A new study shows that much more of the world's ...

Even if the world meets its most optimistic climate goals, rising sea levels will likely intensify throughout the 21st century and beyond, reshaping coastlines and threatening hundreds of millions of ...

What color is the ocean? Duke University researcher Haipeng Zhao posed the question rhetorically, but the answer is automatic for most: blue. This isn’t wrong. But it's not completely right, either.

Earth’s climate is changing, and the study of oceans is vital to understanding the effects of those changes on our future. For the first time, U.S and European agencies are preparing to launch a ...