A recent story out of New Jersey highlighted a growing concern faced by coastal communities across the United States: saltwater intrusion into freshwater sources. Currently, rising sea levels and ...

In 2022, California built an emergency drought barrier across the West False River near Oakley to protect against saltwater intrusion. AP Photo/Terry Chea Seawater intrusion is the movement of saline ...

Rising sea levels cause visible damage to coastal communities—but we should also be worried about what’s happening beneath our line of sight, as upsetting new research suggests. New research from NASA ...

Building protection barriers without accounting for potential inland flooding risks from groundwater can eventually worsen the very issues they aim to solve. As Earth continues to warm, sea levels ...

It would be a nightmare for any city: A massive wedge of saltwater creeping up the Mississippi River, contaminating drinking water at treatment plants one-by-one and threatening the health of hundreds ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monica Sanders covers climate justice and sustainability from the DMV. After close to a week of reading about the potential ...