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

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 ...

Under current warming, the ocean stores heat as deep waters mix with warmer layers above. At the same time, the loss of ...

Beneath the surface of the world's oceans, powerful currents act like invisible highways for marine life. These massive water ...

The planet's natural carbon sinks are reaching critical limits, absorbing fewer emissions than expected as decades of climate ...

Antarctic Ice Shelves Reach Critical State by 2085 Ocean-driven melting could trigger rapid sea level rise if ice barriers ...

Advancements in technology are allowing researchers to determine the extent to which climate change contributed to some ...

This is the message of the sixth issue of the annual "State of the Climate" report. The report was prepared by an ...

La Niña conditions developed in September with sea surface temperatures 0.5° below average in the equatorial Pacific. Here's ...

In the 1990s, climate scientists made bold forecasts about carbon, heat, and storms. Read what science predicted and what ...

Even with net-negative emissions, the Southern Ocean’s long memory can send up a century-long heat pulse that slows recovery.

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 ...