Sea levels along the United States coast are rising faster than they did in the past, and the change is not subtle.

In 2024, the hottest year in recorded history, sea levels rose at a rate 35% more than expected, according to a new report from NASA. The space agency explained on its website that the acceleration of ...

Research from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution finds the rate of U.S. coastal sea level rise has more than doubled in the past 125 years. The study contradicts a federal Department of Energy ...

Norfolk, Virginia, currently has the fastest rising sea level on the East Coast, while Wilmington is projected to see a 1.77-foot rise by 2050. Increased flooding, even on sunny days, is impacting ...

In the far North Atlantic, a rapid and little‑noticed rise in sea level is sending signals that reach all the way to American ...

A July 2025 report from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) claims that U.S. tide gauge measurements "in aggregate show no obvious acceleration in sea level rise beyond the historical average rate." ...

Oceans last year reached their highest levels in three decades – with the rate of global sea level rise increasing around 35% higher than expected, according to a NASA-led analysis published Thursday.

Rising sea levels are a “worldwide catastrophe” which uniquely threatens Pacific Islands, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned. The UN chief raised the alarm at a meeting of the Pacific ...

MIAMI - As sea levels rise, drainage systems based on gravity become less and less effective, because eventually the stormwater or water from high tide flooding will have no place to go and can ...

Lake Powell, a part of the Colorado River network, is the second largest reservoir in the U.S, capable of storing over 24 ...

The island nation of Tuvalu is becoming the first country to be completely lost due to rising sea levels. However, the country is possibly only the first of many without actions taken to mitigate ...

"Currently, the water-in-storage situation for the Colorado River system is not good," one expert told Newsweek.