In a handful of small towns along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, town clerks and planning boards have been doing something ...

Recent climate-related crises—from severe storms and flooding to extreme heat—have raised new questions about how local governments communicate the risk of these crises and what they are doing to keep ...

Nearly 70 percent of Japan’s coastal municipalities have yet to create legally required hazard maps that can guide residents ...

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A new study published in Nature Climate Change estimates that a 1-meter sea level rise by 2100 would affect over 14 million people and $1 trillion worth of property along the Southeast Atlantic coast, ...

An analysis of coastal impact assessments revealed that the majority are not based on direct sea-level and land-elevation measurements—that's troubling. Reading time 4 minutes Sea-level rise is a key ...

Northern Monterey Bay and Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast as well as San Francisco County are included in an updated coastal flood advisory released by the National Weather Service on Sunday ...

A Beach Hazards Statement and Coastal Flood Advisory remain in effect through Saturday due to swells from Hurricane Genevieve ...