Published August 11, 2022
Global mean sea level has risen 101 millimeters (3.98 inches) since 1992, and it continues to do so at 3.9 mm (0.15 inches) per year.
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Published September 6, 2021
Where the Netherlands meets the North Sea, there is an impressive confluence of natural and man-made features.
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Published August 3, 2021
The globe is warming, ice is melting, but that doesn't mean that an ocean will be returning to Vermont anytime soon.
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Published July 8, 2021
While scientists have grown more confident about projections of sea level rise for the next few decades, many competing factors make it hard to see far into the coastal future.
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Published June 22, 2021
Datasets from the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite will build upon three decades of sea level measurements.
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Published May 19, 2021
The unexpected discovery of a whale skeleton hundreds of miles from the sea and more than 200 feet above sea level in 1849 is a reminder of how much sea level can change.
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Published May 12, 2021
Sinking land, rising seas, and rainfall-driven floods pose big problems for Indonesia’s largest city.
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Published May 10, 2021
A city full of cultural, historical, and architectural riches has gone to great lengths to protect itself from floods.
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Published April 9, 2021
A new artificial island near Malé could be a destination for people trying to escape rising waters on lower-lying islands.
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Published January 11, 2021
Sea level rise and new development are on a collision course in South Carolina lowcountry.
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Published January 4, 2021
While there are efforts to reinforce its beaches and marshes, some of Barataria Bay is slowly slipping away.
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Published November 24, 2020
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will extend a nearly 30-year continuous dataset on sea surface height.
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