Overpumping groundwater, worsening droughts and more rapid evaporation due to higher temperatures have caused a drastic ...

The polar ice caps are melting. And this has already led to an increase in the sea level. Between now and 2100, it is estimated that the sea level will rise anywhere from 1 foot up to 7 feet.

For over two decades, satellites have quietly documented a major crisis unfolding beneath our feet: Earth's continents are drying out at unprecedented rates. Fueled by climate change, groundwater ...

Smith Island's story illustrates the long-term consequences of human reliance on dirty energy. The burning of coal, oil, and ...

The funding allows earth sciences researcher Sophie Nowicki to continue leading an international ice sheet modeling project.

The dramatic loss of sea ice around Antarctica has occurred with the re-emergence of the Maud Rise polynya in the Weddell Sea – a huge hole in the sea ice nearly four times the size of Wales, which ...

R esearchers from the University of Copenhagen have found decades-old aerial photos that are helping them better understand ...

The Thwaites Glacier is one of many bodies of ice that are melting, but this massive, Antarctic glacier is uniquely important when it comes to sea level rise. “We’re talking about an area that ...

A new study published in Nature provides key insights into sea level rise after the last ice age, around 11,700 years ago. Using data from the North Sea region, researchers found that sea levels ...

New geological data has given more insight into the rate and magnitude of global sea level rise following the last ice age, about 11,700 years ago. This information is of great importance to ...

The warming could raise global sea levels by up to 3 feet this century through a combination of thermal expansion of the water and melting of polar ice, Overpeck and Otto-Bliesner said.