Narrow bands of ocean covering just over one-third of the world's seas are responsible for absorbing nearly three-quarters of ...

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Earth’s oceans reached their highest heat levels on record in 2025, absorbing vast amounts of excess energy from the atmosphere. This steady buildup has accelerated since the 1990s and is now driving ...

Climate change, plastic pollution and overfishing are putting a toll on oceans, biodiversity and livelihoods. Can the UN's ocean conference underway in France find solutions to help protect them?

Oceans help sustain life on Earth, but the tipping point is near, experts said. Oceans do so much to sustain life on Earth, including bearing the brunt of global temperatures that have been steadily ...

Scientists studying ancient ocean fossils found that the Arabian Sea was better oxygenated 16 million years ago, even though ...

The third U.N. Ocean Conference, or UNOC, began in Nice, France, earlier today, with France and Costa Rica serving as co-hosts of the gathering aimed at protecting the world's oceans. Atop the ...

For the eighth year in a row, the world’s oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat in 2025. It was equivalent to the energy it would take to boil 2 billion Olympic swimming pools. The study, ...

Every calendar year since 2019, ocean temperatures have reached new record highs. 2025 was no exception, according to a new study. The study, published Jan. 9 in the journal Advances in Atmospheric ...

Big and Small Underwater Faces — 3rd Place. Trips to the Antarctic Peninsula always yield amazing encounters with leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx). Boldly approaching me and baring his teeth, this ...

The rise in Earth's overall temperatures paired with fertilizer runoff is making for ideal growing conditions. Good for ...