sea level rise

Erosion, sea level rise, and more intense and frequent storms have threatened the original lot, which has shrunk in recent years to hold about 500 parking spaces, a beach administration building, and a gazebo, prompting the town to develop a managed retreat plan.

More than 200 scientists from more than 60 countries worked on the report, which was released Monday by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The report, the first major review of its kind since 2013, draws upon more than 14,000 individual studies and is being described as a “code red for humanity.”

Catastrophic damage from climate change threatens coastal homes all over the Cape, and Islands, prompting regional planners to eye managed coastal retreat options

Wearing tall rubber boots, a scientist walked along an overgrown path to the Little Bay salt marsh in Fairhaven. “I'm going to kind of weave us up through…

As greenhouse gases build up in the atmosphere, the planet gets hotter, land-based ice melts, and warming ocean water expands. The result is sea level…

Much of what we hear about rising sea levels consists of long-range projections hundreds of years in the future -- projections that mostly consider the…

By Judith Weis, Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University Newark Many invasive species are found along U.S. coasts, including fishes,…

The planet is warming and sea level is rising. In fact, global average sea level has risen about nine inches since record-keeping began in 1880. But…

Nationwide, 2017 was a record year for high tide flooding across the country, according to a new analysis out from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…