A study led by NASA and NOAA has found that California is sinking in some areas, which means the projected sea level rise for ...

Multiple regions along Northern California’s coastline are sinking and sliding, adding to the state’s growing list of ...

Land is sinking at an alarming rate in some parts of the Bay Area, exposing shorelines to worse threats from sea level rise than was previously projected, a new study has found. Several places along ...

NASA scientists used satellite measurements to map out local subsidence and uplift across the Golden State, which plays into ...

Subtle shifts in land elevation can considerably increase or decrease the local impacts of sea level rise along coastlines.

The Alameda County Local Hazard Map Alameda County’s hazard map shows potential flood zones in the event of a 100-year and 500-year storm. A 500-year storm has a 0.2% chance of occurring in a given ...

An international team of researchers estimated that global sea levels could rise by a staggering 6.2 ... Washington as well as the San Francisco Bay Area, Huntington Beach and San Diego ...

Melting glaciers contribute to rising sea levels, another cause of coastal erosion. The sea level at Karachi rose almost 8 ...

In sinking hotspots like San Rafael and Foster City in the San Francisco Bay Area, the ground is dropping by more than 0.4 inches (10 millimeters) per year. That sinking means local sea levels ...