Global coastal sea levels are on average 1 foot higher than previously assumed, a new report finds, raising alarms the world is underestimating how much land and how many people will be affected by ...

The findings have concerning implications for hundreds of millions living in coastal communities around the world - and especially for Southeast Asian and Indo-Pacific nations - showing rising seas ...

A widely used method to calculate sea level rise may have missed up to a century of change, so the risks could hit home for millions sooner than thought.

Most coastal risk assessments have underestimated current sea levels, meaning tens of millions of people face losing their homes to rising waters earlier than expected ...

Measurements of coastal sea-level height around the world may be higher than scientists previously thought, according to new ...

Sea levels across the world are already “much higher” than most scientific assessments have assumed, according to new research, making coasts even more vulnerable to rising oceans as a result of ...

Climate change's rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally ...

An analysis of coastal impact assessments revealed that the majority are not based on direct sea-level and land-elevation ...

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.

Analysis shows average levels are 30cm higher than thought, and up to 150cm in south-east Asia and Indo-Pacific ...

What the tiny but wealthy island city-state of Singapore does will be keenly watched by other populous coastal cities such as ...

A new 30-year analysis reveals that melting land ice is now the main force behind rising global sea levels. Researchers ...