Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Humans and sea lions at La Jolla Cove on Oct. 8, 2024. The area faces some of the highest risks of sea-level rise in California.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. So it’s alarming then that in many of the most populated parts of the world, we’ve been significantly underestimating the level of ...

Scientists studying coastal flood risk have been working with sea-level estimates that are systematically too low, according to a study published in Nature on March 4, 2026. Researchers Christian ...

Rising sea levels caused by climate change may be significantly higher than previously thought, according to a new study, which says a "methodological blind spot" led researchers to underestimate ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A new study suggests that the scientific community has been broadly misrepresenting sea level rise, especially in coastal areas of the global south, ...

For decades, California has been bracing for the sea. Communities from Pacifica to Imperial Beach have fought over seawalls, buyout programs to move people away from shorelines, and the loaded ...

Humans and sea lions at La Jolla Cove on Oct. 8, 2024. The area faces some of the highest risks of sea-level rise in California. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) For decades, California has been ...