Stewards of a historic site, known as the inspiration for 'The House of the Seven Gables,' are taking action against rising ...

Some of the world’s biggest megacities are located in river deltas threatened by subsidence due to excessive groundwater ...

Worldwide, millions of people live in river deltas that are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, research suggests.

A study published in Nature shows that many of the world's major river deltas are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, ...

The fate of the world’s largest island has outsize importance for billions of people on the planet, because as the climate ...

The findings point to heightening near-term flood risk for more than 236 million people, but river delta flooding is an issue ...

Researchers analyzed 40 deltas across five continents, including the Mississippi, Mekong, Nile and Ganges–Brahmaputra systems ...

This past year was the third warmest on record and stood on the cusp of surpassing a major climate threshold globally, ...

Along the edges of the United States, scientists are tracking a cluster of unsettling signals that all point in the same ...

Nearly two years ago, the Battleship North Carolina embarked on a mission to adapt to its changing environment.

Ancient ocean sediments reveal Antarctica’s ice sheet retreated repeatedly during past warm periods, offering clues to future ...

Rising sea levels are threatening to unleash toxic pollutants hidden at contaminated industrial sites along Delaware's ...