Scientists tracking factors driving a global rise in sea levels in recent years say a key missing piece in the puzzle may ...

In 2024, the hottest year in recorded history, sea levels rose at a rate 35% more than expected, according to a new report from NASA. The space agency explained on its website that the acceleration of ...

For over three decades, satellites orbiting Earth have measured the height of the ocean surface with remarkable precision. These measurements are crucial because changes in ocean height are one of the ...

Chris Mooney is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and a CNN Climate contributor. He is currently a professor of practice in the Environmental Institute at the University of Virginia. Bathtubs and ...

A recent study in Nature Geoscience offers important new insights into the hidden role of ancient groundwater beneath the ocean floor—and how it may have interacted with ice sheets and rising sea ...

Earth's shallow ocean contained oxygen earlier than expected, rewriting the history of the origin of life during the "Boring ...

Dos du Dragon (Dragon’s back), Ivoini, Grande Comore. The Comoros Islands is particularly vulnerable to sea level rise. Frans Sellies/Getty Images For over three decades, satellites orbiting Earth ...