Forecasters already rely on satellites, buoys and hurricane hunter aircraft to monitor ocean conditions. Sharks, however, may ...

Brown pelicans and other coastal birds are appearing at rescue centers in droves as Pacific heat wave broils coastal waters ...

The key to the intensity of a coming El Niño lies hundreds of feet down in the Pacific Ocean. That’s where a freight train of ...

The potential collapse of a key Atlantic ocean current − due to human-caused climate change − is in the news again. You'd be hard-pressed to come up with a scarier scenario than what's going on now ...

A study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences has found that ocean warming in 2024 has led to new record high temperatures. The ocean is the hottest it has ever been recorded by humans, not ...

Another scientific study is raising alarms about the rate at which the world’s oceans are warming. According to scientists at the University of Reading, the global mean sea surface temperature (GMSST) ...

A new international analysis published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences on 9 January finds that Earth's oceans stored more heat in 2025 than in any year since modern measurements began. Subscribe ...

Almost a year ago, ocean surface temperatures around Florida’s coasts hit record-breaking levels – making it too dangerous for swimmers in some areas of the state. And while hot water does typically ...

OCEAN CITY, N.J. (CBS) — Families heading to the Jersey Shore this week are facing unusually cold ocean temperatures. Professor Anna Pfeiffer-Herbert, who chairs Stockton University's Marine 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 ...