Rising seas The new study found sea levels are now rising on average twice as fast, at 4.3mm a year on average since 2019, up from 1.8mm a year at the turn of the 20th century.

Greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels and deforestation hit a new high in 2024 and averaged, over the last decade, a record 53. 6 billion tonnes per year.

The discovery of red clay highlights that this portion of the Rio Grande Rise was once above sea level, formed by volcanic activity around 44 to 47 million years ago in the Eocene period.

Explore the platform The extent of coastal flooding has increased over the past 20 years as a result of sea level rise, meaning 14 million more people worldwide now live in coastal communities with a ...

As for BRICS’ expansion, Brazil’s ambassador to Russia says that his country calls for including more countries into the group. Rodrigo de Lima Baena Soares noted in a conversation with Izvestia that ...

While satellites have revolutionized our ability to measure sea level with remarkable precision, their data becomes less ...

Perhaps more importantly, though, the researchers discovered that there were three distinct periods of sudden and sharp sea-level rise over the 6,000 years leading up to peak sea levels during the ...

Episodic reef growth in the Last Interglacial driven by competing influence of polar ice sheets to sea level rise. Science Advances, 2025; 11 (24) DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adu3701 ...

Only as far as Scotland, some 1,500 miles from Greenland, does this sea level fall switch to a sea level rise. The cliffs at Godrevy reveal historic sea level rise. Ed Gasson, CC BY-NC-ND ...

Wilmington's sea-level rise "report card" projects that the Port City will see an average sea-level rise of 0.54 meters (1.77 feet) over 1992 levels by 2050. Wilmington's NOAA tidal gauge is at ...

Australia has created a new visa program for citizens of the small island nation of Tuvalu, which is being inundated by ocean ...

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