An Unmapped Region of Antarctica Could Be Harboring a Major Threat
A vast region of East Antarctica contains enough ice to cause a dramatic rise in global sea levels…
Stormy summer takes toll on Maui beaches already battling erosion : Maui Now
Sand and debris are strewn across the road in North Kīhei after storm surge from Hurricane Lowell in…
Polar Ice Sheets Have Lost 11 Trillion Tons of Ice—and ‘Speeding’ Glaciers Are Driving the Loss
As greenhouse gas emissions push Earth’s temperature to new heights, polar ice sheets are rapidly melting away. Numerous…
Sudden sea level rise — tied to El Niño — is about to hit the California coast
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Ice Island Survives Run-In With Joe Island
Summer is prime iceberg season in Greenland’s glacier-fed fjords, and 2026 was no exception. Especially notable was the…
Warm ocean water is melting a giant Antarctic glacier from below. Scientists want to stop it with an 80km underwater curtain |
Scientists are checking if an underwater curtain is what will keep an Antarctic glacier from slowly melting due…
Marin officials explore sea-level collaboration options
Marin County and local municipalities can’t address rising seas individually, but now is not the time to form…
City, College of Charleston monitor rising groundwater
The groundwater in question isn’t the stuff utilities pump from the ground, treat and pipe into taps and…
Antarctica missing nearly Argentina-sized sea ice, new study warns of faster global warming
A new study presented by the European Geosciences Union (EGU) suggests Antarctica could play a greater role in…
Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we mapped where Antarctica’s ice melt would have the biggest impact
When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea…
Biscayne Bay Is Slowly Becoming the Ocean
In the shadow of Miami’s skyline, in water churned daily by boats and jet skis, juvenile great hammerhead…
World will cross 1.5°C warming limit by 2030 if emissions continue at current rate – report
The world is edging dangerously close to the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C warming threshold, with human-induced warming reaching 1.37°C…