For more than a decade, survey flights have crisscrossed the United States using gravity instruments to calculate a new sea level in an effort that will save the country billions of dollars on ...

If you've ever wondered what the elevation of your location is, you can find out with Google Maps on both desktop and mobile.

Every summer you go down the shore, but lately you’ve begun to notice that the beach seems narrower each time you visit. Is that the sea level rising, or is the sand just being swept away? Speaking of ...

Kate Dignan has summited one 14er — she thinks it was probably Longs Peak, but she’s done her best to forget the experience. That trip, and countless photos from hikers around the state, got her ...

CHICAGO--A Field Museum scientist has developed a novel way to determine land elevation as continents moved around the Earth through geological ages. Knowing how high mountains and plateaus were in ...

Meteorologists have been talking about elevation-based snowfall all week. WEATHER | Latest Storm Tracker 2 Forecast “The snow ...