This image of South Maui comes from the updated State of Hawaii Sea Level Rise Viewer. The viewer is meant to help Hawaii residents, planners and officials better understand how their communities ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Several coastal cities in Texas are facing rising sea levels that could impact infrastructure and homes, according to new ...

For around 2,000 years, global sea levels varied little. That changed in the 20th century. They started rising and have not stopped since — and the pace is accelerating. Scientists are scrambling to ...

I see the next ten years as a stress test for coastal civilization: enough time for sea level rise to become impossible to ignore, but not enough for slow political systems to fully catch up. The ...

Since Hampton Roads was settled, it has fought a tug-of-war with its surrounding waters. Nowhere is this more evident than at Naval Station Norfolk, the world’s largest naval base. Naval Station ...

Researchers found that a majority of studies on coastal sea levels underestimated how high water levels are, and hundreds of millions of people are closer to peril than previously thought. By Sachi ...

Sea level rise is speeding up in parts of the United States, with Southeastern and Gulf Coast cities showing the most pronounced acceleration. New data released by William & Mary's Batten School and ...

Some of the largest cities in Florida are facing rising sea levels across the state's coastline, according to new research from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. The Sunshine State, which has ...