Models Signal Possible Strongest El Niño on Record as Ocean Temperatures Go ‘Off the Charts’ ...

January 2026 started with remarkable weather, including record temperatures, dramatic high tides and news that oceans keep getting warmer. During the first weekend of the new year, record-breaking ...

Several models predict Pacific sea surface temperatures will rise more than 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Celsius) above ...

Historically, the ocean has been difficult to model. Scientists struggled in years past to simulate ocean currents or accurately predict fluctuations in temperature, salinity, and other properties. As ...

The energy that supercharged Hurricane Milton into a Category 5 storm on Monday came from the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, which have been abnormally warm not just at the surface, but at depth, too.

(CNN) — Elkhorn and staghorn corals used to carpet Florida’s reef system, rising like antlers from the seabed — but not anymore. These crucial coral species are now “functionally extinct” in the ...

Ocean temperatures set a record high in 2025, according to a new study. The authors found that the heat content of the ocean increased by about 23 zettajoules between 2024 and 2025. That’s roughly the ...

As human activities have released greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, trapping excess heat and warming the planet, the ocean has absorbed more than 90% of that excess heat since the 1970s. The ocean ...

Scientific models have predicted that climate change will drive oceans in the Northern Hemisphere to warm faster than oceans in the Southern Hemisphere. However, observational data over the last 70 ...