New Antarctic research shows the deepest layer of the Southern Ocean is shrinking faster than scientists realized, with the ...
When most people hear the phrase "ocean acidification," they think of coral reefs, shellfish or declining fisheries. Those ...
A patch of water south of Greenland and Iceland has cooled by nearly 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit since 1900. A new study suggests ...
Sea ice loss seems to have triggered a decline in the nutrient nitrate, affecting the tiny organisms that form the ...
Earlier study of the region had shown that the spreading in the area occurs at an average rate of a bit over 60 millimeters a ...
Experts said this record “is expected to have consequences for both weather patterns, global climate, and marine ecosystems” ...
A marine heat wave covering an area eight times the size of the United States could soon fuel serious storms and extreme heat ...
The government has abandoned plans to dismantle a deep-ocean observation network that scientists have used to track changes in the ocean environment.
The combined impact of a strong El Niño and climate change has officially pushed ocean surface temperatures past the record set in 2024—the hottest year on record. Two separate services under the ...
A warming climate doesn't just affect dry land — it affects the ocean, too. For many years, Earth's ocean has acted as a heat sink for climate change: A large part of the heat generated by human use ...