If you liked this story, share it with other people. As climate change talks took center stage at COP30, a growing number of countries have integrated ocean-based solutions into their national climate ...

The seas have long sustained human life, but a new UC Santa Barbara study shows that rising climate and human pressures are pushing the oceans toward a dangerous threshold. Vast and powerful, the ...

Reporter The Earth’s oceans were hotter in 2025 than in any year since modern measurements began, marking a dangerous new record. New analysis published in the peer-reviewed journal Advances in ...

A record-breaking and astonishingly expansive marine heat wave is underway in the Pacific Ocean, stretching about 5,000 miles from the water around Japan to the West Coast of the United States. The ...

The ocean covers more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface. Considering how vast it is, scientists know relatively little about what’s going on down there. On top of that, there are many popular ...

Ocean temperatures set a record high in 2025, according to a new study. The authors found that the heat content of the ocean increased by about 23 zettajoules between 2024 and 2025. That’s roughly the ...

In a milestone for ocean governance and conservation, the High Seas Treaty has cleared the final hurdle to become international law, which for the first time provides a legal pathway towards ...

Jessica Kolbusz receives funding from the marine research organisation Inkfish LLC. The funder was not involved in the study design, collection, analysis, interpretation of data, the writing of this ...