Today's sea level rise is significant enough to slow the rotation of the planet by just over a millisecond per century.

The new study described this "almost unprecedented rate of increase" in the length of an average day as a quantifiable ...

Climate change is lengthening our days because rising sea levels slow Earth's rotation. Researchers from the University of Vienna and ETH Zurich now show that the current increase in day length—1.33 ...

Small-cap stocks have gotten crushed this week as a rotation trade that had boosted shares of smaller companies at the expense of the biggest companies in the market slammed into reverse. The Russell ...

The tides are turning for coastal development in Connecticut. With a state-mandated planning target of 20 inches of sea-level rise by 2050, rising seas are driving tangible changes in zoning ...

Rising sea levels caused by climate change may be significantly higher than previously thought, according to a new study, which says a "methodological blind spot" led researchers to underestimate ...

Climate change’s rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally thought because of mistaken research assumptions on how high coastal waters ...

Hundreds of global and regional studies on sea level rise and coastal flooding may have underestimated sea levels by an average of 20 to 30 centimeters. The findings suggest that the toll of future ...

The Cape Cod Times is taking a deep dive into coastal erosion issues on Cape Cod and Nantucket. Coastal erosion is a natural process that has historically shaped Cape Cod's landscape. Human ...