Climate change is already fueling dangerous heat waves, raising sea levels and transforming the oceans. Even if countries ...

Earth’s oceans just logged their hottest year on record, and the numbers are so extreme that even veteran climate scientists ...

For the eighth year in a row, the world’s oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat in 2025. It was equivalent to the ...

Rising ocean temperatures also contribute to the loss of coral reefs, which help support fisheries, and protect coastlines ...

Earth's oceans have stored an unprecedented amount of heat since the beginning of modern records. This accumulated energy, ...

A rapid climate collapse during the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction devastated ocean life and reshuffled Earth’s ecosystems.

It does not begin with a single dramatic moment. There is no obvious line where the ocean suddenly tips from stable to ...

Earth’s oceans reached their highest heat levels on record in 2025, absorbing vast amounts of excess energy from the atmosphere. This steady buildup has accelerated since the 1990s and is now driving ...

The global ocean heat content increased yet again in 2025, further raising the risk of catastrophic storms, sea-level rise, ...

New research points to an unexpected way plastic pollution may be influencing Earth’s climate system. A recent study suggests ...

The world's oceans absorbed a record amount of heat in 2025, an international team of scientists said Friday, further priming ...

Oceans absorb about a quarter of the carbon dioxide released by human activity every year, slowing the pace of global warming ...