A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater near the surface could help explain some of the decrease in Antarctic sea ...

Researchers have discovered a dramatic and unexpected shift in the Southern Ocean, with surface water salinity rising and sea ...

Flooding used to be a rare event, but now it’s becoming part of daily life in parts of the country. With land sinking and sea ...

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE in San Rafael’s poorest community are at a growing risk of being islanded by flood waters, with no drivable escape route. Central exit ...

Parts of New Orleans are sinking at alarming rates — including some of the very floodwalls built to protect it. A new satellite-based study finds that some areas are losing nearly two inches of ...

Some 2,600 miles west of Hawaii and more than 3,000 miles from mainland Australia, the island nation of Tuvalu faces an ...