Why remote Antarctica is so important in a warming world

Given what rising sea levels could mean for the world, we must maintain our longstanding view of Antarctica as the most remote continent

Climate change-induced flooding may put at least 327 contaminated sites in US at risk

Nearly two million people live within a mile of 327 Superfund sites, which are vulnerable to sea-level rise due to climate change

Are we measuring sea level changes correctly? There is room for doubt

Assessment of sea-level rise might actually be underestimating the total changes in the sea by up to 8 per cent

Sea level rise is not constant; in fact, it is accelerating each year: study

By the end of the century, sea levels would rise at a rate of 10 mm or more every year as opposed to 3 mm estimated earlier

Study of ancient eclipses can unveil past climate trends

Climate scientists can infer the average sea level that may have happened many lakhs of years ago from measurements of radioisotopes derived from …

Eroding coasts need protection—and new solutions are at hand

Seawalls and other common strategies to control erosion don’t always protect the land. Another possibility? Living shorelines

As you sow, so shall you reap: sea-level rise in Pacific puts US military assets at risk

Rapidly rising sea level might force a climate-sceptic regime to rethink its policies and safeguard lives and security assets

Climate change impacts will not wait for slow government negotiations like Bonn

By 2018 end, the Paris Agreement rule book has to be finalised. But efforts to finalise these set of rules at Bonn was marred by tardy pace and …

US homes, businesses worth $1 trillion at flood risk

Climate change is making sea levels rise, which is putting 2.5 million properties along the coast at a risk of chronic flooding

Warnings from the past: Sea levels will rise, 78 Indian cities to see floods

While more than a century-old data projects a warmer world, India still needs a proper regional data on climate vulnerability

3 reasons Jakarta is the fastest sinking city in the world

Scientists say that by 2050, the capital of Indonesia will be entirely submerged

Even a modest rise in sea level would heighten tsunami threat globally: study

The capacity for a single tsunami event to devastate coastal areas is rarely considered in coastal planning

IPCC Special Report: India under constant threat of cyclones, coastal flooding

This report emphasises on what several scientists and researchers have been saying for a while now

Groundwater quality declines in Ernakulum due to coastal erosion: study

A study by JNU researchers shows that shoreline changes between 1971 and 2007 affected groundwater quality in wells from 27 sites  

Climate change in India: Sinking chain of atolls in Lakshadweep

Coastal erosion and El Nio are slowly eating up India's most vulnerable archipelago

Sea level rise 3mm higher in 2018 than last year: report

Previous studies have also warned that the sea level rise in 21st Century has been three times as fast as that in the bulk of the 20th

Signatures of past climate change found on West coast

Researchers unravel imprints of sea-level fluctuations and climate change that may have occurred along coastal rivers in Gujarat's Saurashtra …

Sundarbans’ ‘swamp tigers’ could be gone in 50 years, warns study

Climate change, rising seas, industrial development and construction of new roads would hasten the tigers’ end, it says

Indigenous islanders complain against Canberra over climate change

The residents of the islands located in the Torres Strait between Australia and New Guinea say the Australian government is not doing enough to …

Scientific reticence is a serious threat when it comes to climate change

Professionals need to speak out on looming dangers even at the cost of getting it wrong

Atoll nations at immediate risk of climate change

Made up of ring shaped group of coral reefs, islands or a series of islets, these nations are the first to face rising sea-levels and extreme …

Climate change 'hitting harder and sooner' than forecast: Report

Global temperatures have risen by 1.1°C since 1850, and have increased 0.2°C between 2011 and 2015

Sea level may rise 1.1 metre by 2100: IPCC

This is likely to have a direct impact on the lives of 680 million people living in low-lying coastal zones, according to the report  

Extreme floods to increase economic loss 166 times in coastal megacities: IPCC

These cities with over 10 million populations, including Mumbai, are likely to lose at least $1 trillion annually by 2050, finds the report

237 million people in 6 Asian countries at risk due to coastal flooding by 2050: Study

In India, six times more people are at risk from coastal flooding than the earlier estimates based on satellite data from NASA