Each year, the world's leading climate scientists evaluate the most critical evidence on how our planet is changing. Their ...

The sea off New England, already warming faster than most of the world's oceans, had one of its hottest years on record in 2023. The Gulf of Maine, which abuts New England and Canada, had an annual ...

A marine wildlife expert discusses whether people should take caution. Not all animal species are experiencing a detrimental effect due to warming global temperatures. The number of bull sharks -- one ...

Gulf temperatures are slowly on the rise, but it's not doing much to Texas' chances for an active hurricane season. The Gulf of Mexico is starting to see above-normal temperatures in August, according ...

NORFOLK, Va. — While the coastal waters around Hampton Roads and the Mid-Atlantic shores are expectedly chilly right now, other parts of the Atlantic Ocean are far from normal. Sea surface ...

The sea surface temperature in the Fijian archipelago in the southwestern Pacific is now at its maximum for more than 600 years. This finding is the result of an international research team's ...

Professor Sukru Turan Besiktepe says record-breaking sea surface temperatures in Mediterranean in recent years increase intensity of medicanes. - Greenline ...

Hurricanes feed off of warm ocean waters. What happens then when that ocean heat is made 400 times more likely due to human-caused climate change? You get record-shattering Hurricane Beryl. Unusually ...

It may sparkle in the sun, but the ocean's surface is a dynamic thermometer for our planet. The sea surface temperature (SST) is measured by satellites and buoys in the ocean, to give the most ...

As global temperatures rise, so do sea surface temperatures (SSTs), and that’s having a direct impact on hurricane activity. Hurricanes are essentially heat engines, fueled by the warmth of the ocean.