The oceans — vast, ancient, and seemingly eternal — are shifting faster than scientists once believed possible. Temperatures ...

The Southern Ocean can release stored heat during cooling, creating short-term warming. This discovery shows climate recovery ...

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

A warming climate doesn't just affect dry land — it affects the ocean, too. For many years, Earth's ocean has acted as a heat sink for climate change: A large part of the heat generated by human use ...

Before sunlight ever reached the planet, another force may have sparked life—electricity. Deep beneath the ocean floor, ...

Melting ice could weaken Earth's strongest ocean current 20% by 2050, study reveals. Melting Antarctic ice is slowing Earth's strongest ocean current, according to a new study. The influx of cold ...

Antarctica has long been seen as a remote, unchanging environment. Not any more. The ice-covered continent and the surrounding Southern Ocean are undergoing abrupt and alarming changes. Sea ice is ...

2024 may have been Earth's hottest year in at least 125,000 years, according to a grim climate report published Wednesday (Oct. 29) that describes our world as "on the brink" and warns its "vital ...

As global electricity use grows, the strain on traditional energy sources increases. Renewable options like wind and solar have become popular, yet there's a massive, largely untapped resource beneath ...

An autonomous underwater glider, Redwing, launched on a five-year mission to circle the planet, gathering data to improve ...

Global scientists warn that humanity is on the verge of crossing irreversible climate thresholds, with coral reefs already at their tipping point and polar ice sheets possibly beyond recovery. The ...

The 2025 Planetary Health Check report from the Planetary Boundaries Science Lab found seven of the nine critical Earth ...