Ecosystems in the Southern Ocean, the body of water surrounding Antarctica, are under threat from climate change. The area's ...

A new study analyzed nearly four decades of deep ocean observations to reveal significant cooling and freshening of deep ...

Modified floating wood could seed the formation of new sea ice in the Arctic, helping counteract the rapid decline of ice ...

A storm, even once it has passed, can leave traces in the ocean that last for thousands of years. These consist of sediment layers composed of coarse particles, which are different from the finer ...

An analysis of peat layers at the bottom of the North Sea shows how fast sea level rose during the end of the last ice age, ...

BREST, France — An extraordinary jump in ocean temperatures in 2023 and 2024 was at the extreme end of expectations from global warming and would have been "practically impossible" without climate ...

Feb. 5, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) Scientists have long predicted that as climate change from the burning of coal, oil and gas makes the air warmer, it holds more moisture, ...

(AP) - Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too, a new study finds. Researchers at the Massachusetts ...

By Raymond Zhong Austyn Gaffney and Christopher Flavelle The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the nation’s premier agency for weather and climate science, has been told by the ...

Climate change also exposes people to greater health risks. Factors like air pollution and extreme heat have been known to increase risks for respiratory and cardiovascular disease and stroke.

The ocean current known as the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (Amoc), which gives Ireland a benign climate, may be able to withstand future global warming and avoid collapse this ...