The ocean has helped mitigate global warming by absorbing about a quarter of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, ...

The ocean is essentially our planet's climate control system, a massive engine that never stops working. For thousands of ...

Water temperatures several degrees above normal span thousands of miles, though they have mostly stopped short of the Pacific ...

Tiny poops are supposed to sink to the seafloor, locking away carbon. But scientists have found that warm spells are disrupting that flushing.

As the final numbers show that 2023 was the hottest year on record, the burning question is whether 2024 will be even hotter than the blistering year that preceded it. The answer may lie in the ...

As Earth's central heating system experiences disruptions, lives are threatened by loss of heat and fluctuations in carbon supply.

The surge in ocean temperatures to record-breaking levels in 2023 and 2024 is a sign that the pace of climate change has accelerated, say researchers. Global ocean temperatures hit record highs for ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. Scientists first spotted the Blob in late 2013. The sprawling patch of ...

Oceans absorb more than 90% of the excess heat caused by climate change. Oceans are hitting record high temperatures. The global average sea surface temperature hit an all-time record high of 69.73 ...

Scientists are pretty good at recognizing marine heat waves: A global network of thousands of oceanic buoys and orbiting satellites allow them to see, in real time, ocean surface temperatures, ...

Rocks store information from long ago. For instance, their composition can reveal the environmental conditions during their ...