The Global Ocean Observing System informs weather forecasts and climate projections. But funding pressures could create data ...

The Ocean Census project says scientists have discovered 1,121 previously unknown species in a single year. The rush is on to save them as risks to the world’s oceans multiply ...

Compared to the actual deepest point of the ocean (the Mariana Trench stretches down nearly seven miles), 831 feet may not seem that deep. But when you consider that this intrepid diver was ...

From space, our Earth looks like a blue planet. But do you think it looks like Blue Planet? Because the ocean covers the Earth around 71%. The oceans give many benefits, such as climate regulation, ...

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 ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — As people around the world celebrate Earth Day this year by planting trees and turning off a few lights, scientists look toward the oceans. According to the United Nations, the ocean ...

A powerful Super El Niño could reshape global weather from 2026 to 2027, bringing extreme heatwaves, weak monsoons, floods, ...

The world’s oceans once again hit a record high temperature in 2025, storing more heat than during any previous year since modern recording began. That heat is so extreme that it’s calculated in ...

At this week’s U.N. Oceans Conference in the south of France, delegates need only glance outside the conference hall at the glittering Mediterranean for a stark reminder of the problem they are trying ...

Pictures of Earth from outer space often show the planet as a gaudy quilt. Shimmering aquamarine water covers more than 70 percent of its surface and those hues often seem to signify life against the ...

Thousands of species have been discovered lurking and thriving in our oceans, as part of an effort to catalogue 100,000 new species.

A new report from The World’s 50 Best Beaches draws on votes from more than 1,000 travel professionals to rank the most beautiful beaches across the globe.