The study's data shows that modern, global sea level rise is happening faster than at any time in the past 4,000 years. A team of scientists led by Rutgers researchers has uncovered evidence that ...

Sea levels are rising faster than at any time in 4,000 years, scientists report, with China’s major coastal cities at particular risk. The rapid increase is driven by warming oceans and melting ice, ...

Over the next decade, rising oceans are poised to redraw the edges of some of the world’s best known coastal cities, turning today’s “once in a century” floods into regular events and pushing salt ...