For some fish, warmer water drives energy use so high that they cannot replace it fast enough.
A mysterious cold patch off Greenland points to a weakening ocean current, and the ripples could reach the West Coast.
The ocean is home to some of the richest biodiversity on Earth. From coral reefs and mangrove forests to the deep sea, marine ...
Along the U.S. West Coast during El Niño, surface winds that normally blow from the north tend to subside. This weakens ...
Claims that new research shows the oceans are speeding global cooling have raced across social media, tapping into a wider fatigue with climate headlines and a hunger for contrarian takes. The science ...
Average temperatures across the world’s oceans reached an all-time high in 2024, according to a multi-team study published Jan. 10. The temperatures surpassed even those of 2023, which themselves ...
The world relies on a modest number of countries to keep watch over the ocean. That arrangement is starting to fail. Europe and Asia must now decide whether to let the system unravel, or to take it up ...
A new U.N. report warns of escalating threats to the world's oceans from human impacts.
The presence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in all the world's oceans but one has been in steady decline since 2001, when 152 countries agreed on a comprehensive global ban. The exception has ...
"When the federal government left the Paris Agreement, California, Oregon and Washington founded the Ocean Acidification ...