Scientists explain the bizarre phenomenon of internal waves, invisible underwater giants that can rival skyscrapers in height ...

The “deep blue sea”—and our “blue planet” along with it!—owe their iconic color to the light of the sun. When the sun shines on the ocean, the water absorbs the longer red and orange wavelengths of ...

The global ocean heat content increased yet again in 2025, further raising the risk of catastrophic storms, sea-level rise, and coral bleaching. Reading time 3 minutes It would take roughly 365 ...

Measurements analyzed by an international research team led by ETH Zurich show that the global ocean absorbed significantly less CO₂ than anticipated during the unprecedented marine heat wave in 2023.

Just 10% of the world’s oceans have been designated for conservation, with efforts to protect more lagging behind, according to a new analysis.

The world’s oceans are warming at an alarming pace as humans burn fossil fuels, with far-reaching consequences, according to a report by more than 100 scientists.

UC Santa Barbara researchers project that human impacts on oceans will double by 2050, with warming seas and fisheries collapse leading the charge. The tropics and poles face the fastest changes, and ...

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Newlab today announced three pilots selected through the Global Ocean Innovation Challenge, an initiative to accelerate technology solutions that address critical ...

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, ...

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 ...

A multinational treaty to protect vast expanses of the world's oceans is finally set to become law in January 2026, with environmentalists hailing its enactment Friday as crucial to safeguarding the ...

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