A new study published in Nature provides key insights into sea level rise after the last ice age, around 11,700 years ago.

Scientists found that sea levels rose rapidly 11,700 years ago due to melting ice sheets and sudden lake drainage.

Global coastal areas are at risk due to geomorphological issues, climate change-induced sea-level rise, and increasing human population, settlements, and socioeconomic activities.Here, the study ...

Around 14,500 years ago, toward the end of the last ice age, melting continental ice sheets drove a sudden and cataclysmic ...

An analysis of peat layers at the bottom of the North Sea shows how fast sea level rose during the end of the last ice age, ...

Last year, the hottest on record, the annual rate of the rise was 5.9 millimetres, compared to the expected 4.3 millimeters, according to NASA analysis. Overall, the rate of sea level rise doubled ...

Glaciers around the globe are disappearing faster than ever, with the last three-year period seeing the largest glacial mass ...

Until now, the rates and extent of sea level rise during the early Holocene were poorly understood because of a lack of sound geological data from this period. Researchers from Deltares, the ...

Alexandria is one of the oldest cities in the world and is currently among the most populated in Africa, home to 6 million people. It’s also one of the most vulnerable to sea level rise ...

Oceans are rising, and as the world gets hotter, it's happening more quickly. The rate of sea level rise in 2024 was faster than NASA scientists were expecting. The Post and Courier’s Rising ...

Climate change was a major driver to an unexpected level of sea level rise in 2024, according to a new NASA analysis. Global sea levels rose 0.23 inches in 2024, satellite records show ...