Storm surge

Veteran environment writer John Carey looks at the reasons we don’t seem to make meaningful progress on climate change — and issues a rousing call to arms for us all to step up and play our p…

It's not always a day at the beach, but growing up in Florida has taught us some serious life lessons. How many of these can you relate to?

About one-quarter of the world's population lives in coastal areas that will be unlivable by the year 2100 because of rising sea levels, researchers say.

A storm surge is the bulge of water that rises under a hurricane or tropical storm when it makes landfall. Flooding causes the most damage. Here's how to stay safe in a storm surge!

Today, we pray for protection from natural calamities

The same oceans that nourished human evolution are poised to unleash misery on a global scale unless the carbon pollution destabilising Earth's marine environment is brought to heel, warns a draft UN report obtained by AFP.

It’s not just winds that make hurricanes a threat; the storms can create walls of water that wash miles inland and cause significant damage.

Dr Rob Bell, a NIWA scientist, studies storm surges and their impact on Aotearoa New Zealand coasts. A storm surge is a very long wave formed by low-pressure storms over the ocean. Because they are occasional occurrences, storm surges have rarely affected the Aotearoa New Zealand coast in the past. However, Rob says that, as the sea level rises in association with climate change, storm surges (especially when combined with high spring tides) will cause considerably more damage to low-lying…

The Global Climate Risk Index 'reconfirms that less developed countries are generally more affected than industrialised countries'

Improvements in storm surge modeling are enabling the National Hurricane Center to offer better surge forecasts.