Rising Seas

Sea Levels Rising At Fastest Rate In 2,100 Years

AP | By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 08.22.2011

WASHINGTON -- Sea level has been rising significantly over the past century of global warming, according to a study that offers the most detailed look...

Cuba: Seas To Rise Over 30 Inches By 2100

AP | ar/pdo | Posted 08.17.2011

HAVANA -- Cuban scientists calculate that median sea levels around the Caribbean nation will rise more than 30 inches by the end of the century due to...

The Water Way and the Tsunami

Brenda Peterson | Posted 05.25.2011

Brenda Peterson

Long past midnight, I stayed awake, watching horrifying images of a tsunami wave cresting and flowing deep into farmland, cars and buildings like tiny toys bobbing about in the slow-motion flood.

New Largest Contributor To Rising Seas

The Huffington Post | Joanna Zelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Ice sheets are now the largest contributor to rising sea levels, a new report has found. If ice sheets continue to melt at their current rates, sea le...

Rising Seas Could Threaten 180 U.S. Cities By End Of Century

Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON (Reuters/Deborah Zabarenko) - Rising seas spurred by climate change could threaten 180 U.S. coastal cities by 2100, a new study says, wit...