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Estimates varied between 32 and 55 meters ... we have taken an important step towards a better understanding of sea level rise after the last ice age. By drawing on detailed data for the North ...

the rate of sea level rise last year was 0.59cm (0.23 inches) per year – higher than an initial expected estimate of 0.43cm (0.17 inches) per year. The global sea level rose faster than expected ...

New Zealand’s major cities and shorelines are steadily sinking and risk being affected by rising seas, according to a new ...

New GIS databases give residents access to information about evacuation routes, zoning maps and sea level rise estimates.

A University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-led study is developing innovative methods to accurately predict how ice sheets ...

Rising seas are already affecting coastal communities in Aotearoa New Zealand. On a global average, the sea level is now 18 ...

The study's lead researcher Marina Christofidis from Griffith's Australian Rivers Institute said Queensland's pond-based coastal aquaculture is highly exposed under high-emission scenarios, which ...

Subglacial water in Antarctica reshapes sea level rise predictions and reveals ancient drainage flow patterns.

Previous estimates for the total amount of sea level rise in the early Holocene varied by as much as 50 feet. “The uncertainty was just enormous for this time period … because of a lack of ...

As seawater creeps further into coastlines, salt threatens to pollute the freshwater reserves that people depend on. But this ...

The team observed that subsurface rivers have moved around a lot, which has affected where and how the ice might shatter or ...