Subtle temperature differences at the ocean surface allow more carbon dioxide (CO 2) to be absorbed, new research shows. Scientists studied the "ocean skin"—a sliver less than 2 mm deep at the ...

The same carbon dioxide that is helping to warm the planet is also making the oceans more acidic—and ocean levels around the world have been rising as ice from the polar regions has been melting.

He is a board member of Nekton and Maldives Coral Institute, and advisor to Minderoo Foundation, Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy and CORDAP, and is a Pew Marine Fellow and WWF Fellow. The world is ...

The discovery of worms and snails confirms that these still-mysterious, dark hotspots of life extend beyond what’s visible above the crust Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent A sample of ocean ...

Oct. 31, 2024 — The interactions between global climate change and ocean oscillations -- fluctuating cycles in wind and ocean temperatures -- are impacting weather ... Study Reveals Acceleration ...

A bleached coral is not dead, but ocean temperatures need to cool off for any hope of recovery. At least 14% of the world’s remaining corals were estimated to have died in the previous two ...

An ancient slab of seafloor that was around when Earth’s earliest known dinosaurs emerged has been discovered beneath the Pacific Ocean, where it has seemingly hovered in a sort of mid-dive for ...

As they drift and melt in the Southern Ocean, they create a unique environment around them. It began with a crack. A very, very large one. In late 2016, scientists spotted a rapidly growing ...

Data suggests major change is coming to the Atlantic Ocean, and it's not good. © John Christian Fjellestad via Flickr The collapse of one of the world’s most ...

Two people are dead, including a 63-year-old Hollister, Calif., man, and one injured after being swept into the ocean by strong currents this week at Ke Iki Beach in Pupukea on Oahu’s North ...