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sea level rise

Burial grounds in Majuro.
Environment
Rising seas are washing away graves in the Marshall Islands
Girl walking through flooded street
Environment
How one Virginia city is re-framing sea-level rise as an opportunity
Aerial photo of Naval Station Norfolk
Environment
What it might take to protect the world’s biggest naval base from rising seas
Dikes once protected this broad area near the Dutch city of Nijmegen from flooding. But under a new policy for managing rising water levels due to climate change, the dikes have been moved back to allow a branch of the Rhine River to broaden out into its
Environment
Holland is relocating homes to make more room for high water
The biggest mobile barrier in the world, the Maeslant storm surge barrier was built to protect the Dutch city of Rotterdam from a one-in-10,000-year storm. It's part of the massive investment the Dutch are making to protect themselves in a new era of risi
Environment
As sea levels rise, Rotterdam floats to the top as an example of how to live with water
Isle de Jean Charles, along the Louisiana’s coast, toward the bottom of Terrebonne Parish.
Environment
Rising sea levels are forcing an indigenous tribe from home and could be an example of the future
Environment
New report blames most rising seas on humans — but this scientist remains hopeful