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Sea-level rise will indirectly impact land-locked regions, as coastal populations move inland to seek drier ground, finds new AI study. Credit: Sergei Gussev/Flickr Commons. When Hurricane Harvey slammed into the Texas coast in 2017, displaced residents flocked inland, trying to rebuild their lives in the disaster's aftermath. Within decades, the…

Miami recently declared a climate emergency. It was not a symbolic gesture. The vibrant metropolis faces an existential threat as it battles rising sea levels and increasingly violent Atlantic storms. As a city, Miami has done everything it can to protect it…

Miami Beach (United States) (AFP) - Dozens of trucks have started dumping hundreds of thousands of tons of sand on Miami Beach as part of US government measures to protect Florida's tourist destinations against the effects of climate change. "We have erosion…

On Tuesday, an earthquake measuring a 6.4 magnitude struck the island of Puerto Rico, unleashing a series of aftershocks that have leveled homes and structures on the island; this earthquake closely followed a 5.8 magnitude earthquake which also struck the is…