Conditions have gotten so dire that low-lying areas in Honolulu, Waikiki and Pearl Harbor could be inundated in the coming ...

The quake was initially recorded at 7 magnitude which struck at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) off the southwest tip of the South Island, the USGS said.

Over a million years ago, thanks to some well-placed tectonic plates ... “Our findings highlight that subsidence is a major, yet often overlooked, factor in assessments of future flood exposure ...

California isn’t the only coastal oasis that’s at risk of submersion. Scientists have revealed that certain regions on the ...

New study shows that some parts of the Hawaiian Islands, “sea level rise impacts will be felt much sooner than previously ...

Parts of some bayside communities in Marin are sinking at an accelerated pace, making them more vulnerable to threats from the rising sea, according to a federal study.

This study out of the University of Houston points to a new theory that as North America began to split away, the Great Lakes ...

Hawaiian islands slowly submerge the further they are out from the Big Island — this process has shaped the chain for millions of years — due to their weight and the movement of tectonic ...

Landslides and erosion could also lead to subsidence, the study said. Tectonic activity, or the movement of the Earth's plates that activate volcanoes and earthquakes, could have an opposite ...