A study published in Nature on March 4, 2026, found that more than 99% of coastal hazard assessments conducted over the past 16 years used flawed sea-level data, meaning actual ocean levels are ...

Scientists Have Been Getting Sea Level Heights Wrong, New Study Says Up to 132 Million More People Are at Risk ...

The findings have concerning implications for hundreds of millions living in coastal communities around the world - and ...

A new study in the journal Nature says most sea level rise research may have underestimated coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot.

An analysis of coastal impact assessments revealed that the majority are not based on direct sea-level and land-elevation ...

Analysis shows average levels are 30cm higher than thought, and up to 150cm in south-east Asia and Indo-Pacific ...

Most coastal risk assessments have underestimated current sea levels, meaning tens of millions of people face losing their homes to rising waters earlier than expected ...

Studies on the effects of rising sea levels on coastal regions often refer to an assumed sea level instead of actual measured sea level. A German-Dutch ...

Sea levels across the world are already “much higher” than most scientific assessments have assumed, according to new research, making coasts even more vulnerable to rising oceans as a result of ...

Sea levels along coasts around the world are much higher than assumed because of errors in the way they have been calculated, according to a study by Wageningen University and published in scientific ...

A major review of coastal climate studies warns that sea-level rise risks may be significantly underestimated due to errors in how elevation and sea-level data are combined. The findings raise ...