Something unusual is happening in the American land market. Buyers who once chased coastal views and Sun Belt warmth are quietly pivoting toward higher ground, literally. Parcels sitting above 2,000 ...

The rise and fall of Earth’s land surface over the last three million years shaped the evolution of birds and mammals, a new study has found, with new species evolving at higher rates where the land ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. The nation is presently making an investment of more than $200 million per year in ...

More than 60% of the land most vulnerable to rising sea levels lies in the tropics, and hundreds of millions living in these areas will be at risk of flooding by 2100. The combination of sea-level ...