Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sea-level rise changes coastlines, putting homes at risk, as Summer Haven, Fla., has seen. Aerial Views/E+/Getty Images When polar ...

Africa's coastlines are under growing threat as sea levels climb faster than ever, driven by decades of global warming caused ...

Sea levels are rising faster than at any point in the last 4,000 years, highlighting the urgent need for “global and local” action. New research has warned that climate change and human activities are ...

Fossil coral exposed in a limestone outcrop above present sea level in the Seychelles. Newly uncovered evidence from fossil corals suggests that sea levels could rise even more steeply in our warming ...

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 ...

CALIFORNIA IS KNOWN for its beautiful beaches, and awe-inspiring coastline. But it is under threat because the global rate of sea-level rise has more than doubled since 1993. Today, we're kicking off ...

The timing of emissions reductions, even more so than the rate of reduction, will be key to avoiding catastrophic thresholds for ice-melt and sea-level rise, according to a new Cornell University ...

Sea-level rise has accelerated across Africa in recent decades, thanks to global warming and, in particular, to the melting ...

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 ...

Severe flooding hits Palisades Medical Center in Hudson County, N.J., on Oct. 30. (Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu/Getty Images via Inside Climate News) This story originally appeared on Inside Climate ...