A new study finds that the rate of ocean warming has more than quadrupled over the past 40 years—and pinpoints why.

As we burn fossil fuels, the amount of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere is gradually rising, and with it, the planet's ...

Ocean warming has more than quadrupled in recent decades and is likely to accelerate even faster if humanity fails to address ...

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In 2024, ocean temperatures reached record highs, worsening extreme weather and threatening ecosystems due to accelerating ...

Earth, being 71% covered in water, is influenced by the ocean and its movements. In the Atlantic Ocean, a system of connected ...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) has not slowed down since the mid-20th century based on the North Atlantic air-sea heat fluxes over that time. This finding contrasts with ...

Levels of the most significant planet-warming gas in our atmosphere rose more quickly than ever previously recorded last year ...

Then, to restore equilibrium, the ocean absorbs more carbon from the atmosphere. This chemical reaction makes the ocean the planet’s largest carbon sink, a term referring to a natural or man ...

The oceans have been much warmer than average for the past two years, and the planet just set another global heat record. What’s going on?