For around 2,000 years, global sea levels hardly varied. That changed in the twentieth century. Sea levels started rising and ...

In every city studied, at least 20% of the urban area is sinking – and in 25 of 28 cities, at least 65% is sinking. The ...

William & Mary's Batten School & VIMS have released their 2024 U.S. sea level "report cards," providing updated analyses of ...

A powerful earthquake, combined with rising sea levels, could significantly increase flood risks in the Pacific Northwest, ...

Scientists working in the United States, Austria, and Australia wanted to look at how pollution already generated by the Carbon Majors — the world's largest producers of fossil fuel and cement — has ...

A warm blob of water in the North Atlantic is an ominous sign that a system of currents that regulate the planet's climate could be weakening.

The World Bank on Thursday projected that poverty in Nigeria will increase by 3.6 percentage points over the next five years, rising through 2027. This was contained in the Bank’s Africa’s ...

Exportable world wheat supplies in 2024-25 are no longer ... 2025-26 wheat exports at less than half the record volume. Black Sea commerce has been under threat since Russia’s 2022 invasion ...

The International Monetary Fund has cut its 2025 GDP growth forecast for the United States deeper than that of China, as the tit-for-tat retaliations between the world’s two largest economies ...

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“They knew the river would be a threat long before people were concerned about sea level rise.” Flooding often submerges walkways throughout the campus, preventing visitors from accessing ...

Measles cases rose to a total of 800 patients so far in 2025 as at April 17 in 25 US jurisdictions, including Texas and New Mexico, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on ...