Researchers say just four policies could cut plastic pollution 90 percent by 2050. With no action, plastic waste could nearly ...

Extraordinarily warm ocean temperatures in the Atlantic are helping to fuel an unusually active hurricane season.

Yet these tiny organisms - called plankton - may be unable to thrive in the rapidly warming oceans, according to a pair of ...

To the uninitiated, there isn’t much to water. Sure, the world’s oceans are filled with monsters, marvels and mysteries but, ...

Students, faculty and staff from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and School of Global Policy and Strategy ...

The presence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in all the world's oceans but one has been in steady decline since 2001, ...

As another example, rising salt levels in the ocean might make it harder for oxygen and nutrients to move between surface and deeper waters, reducing its ability to support plant and algae growth.

In just a few years, our oceans may no longer be capable of sustaining life or helping to regulate the Earth's climate, ...

A weaker AMOC could result in less heat being transported to higher latitudes. The Arctic is heating up three to four times ...

And scientists say we could be heading toward the same thing again, as the world warms with climate ... critical part in a ...