sea level rise
Vancouver Considers Abandoning Parts of the Coast Because of Climate Change
The city’s new report on sea level rise looks at many options to protect coastal areas from flooding. For the first time, moving people away from the coast altogether is one of them.
Climate change is pushing this Virginia island into the sea
"I refuse to become a climate change refugee," the mayor tells VICE News
NASA Scientists Suggest We’ve Been Underestimating Sea Level Rise
Sea level rise has been underestimated by up to 28 percent in some areas.
Scientists Warn the Collapse of This Glacier Could Be Globally Catastrophic
For many experts, the question isn’t if this is going to happen, but when.
How a Volcanic Eruption Kept Rising Oceans at Bay
New simulations find that Mount Pinatubo's massive eruption in 1991 has masked accelerating global sea level rise.
Scientists Are Gearing Up for a Fight Over How Much to Limit Global Warming
“Exotic Dr Strangelove options” to slow climate change have become “Plan A,” one says.
A Melting Antarctica Could Push Sea Levels to Rise More than 3 Feet by 2100
A new study suggests that sea-level rise could happen faster than predicted.
NASA Scientists Warn a 30-Mile Ice Shelf Will Soon Break Off Antarctica
Shedding ice shelves contribute indirectly to sea level rise, scientists warn
These Native Americans Might Be the Country's First Climate Change Refugees
The Isle de Jean Charles band of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw tribe has lived on the island since the 1820s — but sea level rise and coastal erosion has gobbled up 98 percent of the land on which they reside.
It's Been 30 Centuries Since Sea Levels Were Rising This Quickly
Melting glaciers and warming ocean temperatures are causing sea levels to rise at a rate not seen since at least the founding of Rome.
NYC Wants to Build a State of the Art Transit Line — But Sea Level Rise Could Put It Under Water
The transit line would run between Brooklyn and Queens, connecting "innovation hubs" along the waterfront, which has community activists and climate experts concerned about the wisdom of the project.
Inside the Making of 'Rising Oceans,' the Third Season Premiere of 'VICE' on HBO
Producers Erik Osterholm and Alex Braverman describe the "holy shit" moments that informed their understanding of the devastating environmental and human tolls of climate change.