A sea level scientist explains the two main ways climate change is threatening the coasts.

A sea level scientist explains the two main ways climate change is threatening the coasts.

Glaciers in North America, Europe and the Andes, in particular, have significantly less ice than people realized.

Glaciers in North America, Europe and the Andes, in particular, have significantly less ice than people realized.

Around 17% of the mainland coastline is affected.

Climate change is making ocean levels rise in two ways. It’s a problem that will endure even after the world stabilizes and slashes greenhouse gas pollution.

Climate change is making ocean levels rise in two ways. It’s a problem that will endure even after the world stabilizes and slashes greenhouse gas pollution.

The Maldives is facing coastal erosion, overdevelopment and a tide of plastic pollution.

Mangroves grow in saltwater along tropical coastlines, but scientists have found them along a river in Mexico’s Yucatan, more than 100 miles from the sea. Climate change explains their shift.

Rich countries have promised to compensate poor ones for the impacts of climate change.