Sea ice extent is at record, and near record, lows for this time of year in both polar regions, leaving the planet ...

Ocean warming has more than quadrupled over the past 40 years, scientists have revealed. Back in the late 1980s, ocean temperatures were rising at a rate of about 0.06°C per decade, according to ...

Last year’s increase was due to an unusual amount of ocean warming, combined with meltwater from land-based ice such as ...

Fresh water from melting Antarctic ice is projected to weaken the world’s most powerful ocean current by 20 percent ... and accelerated global warming,” said lead author Bishakhdatta Gayen ...

The trench is located in the Pacific Ocean near the Philippines. Near the top is a tiny black dot, a to-scale representation of a 6-foot-tall person. Below that is the maximum diving depth of a ...

Ocean warming also connects energy, carbon, and water cycles, as it is a key component of the Earth system. A warmer ocean leads to more intense storms, more deadly rainfall and flooding.