World ocean temperatures hit extreme new record for Jul.
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In a new review, scientists warn that this rapidly escalating, human-driven crisis threatens to upend the biosphere. The paper, published June 30 in the journal Limnology and Oceanography, argues that aquatic deoxygenation should be added to the Planetary Boundaries framework.
Earth's oceans repeatedly lost oxygen and produced metal deposits during the planet's deepest ice ages. An international team of researchers analyzed manganese and other chemical signatures preserved in more than 27,
Without oceans absorbing greenhouse gases that are heating up the planet, "we'd all be gone by now," which is why we must work hard to protect them, says Oceana's Jackie Savitz Oceans play an important part in combatting climate change, which is why they ...
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Every year, human activities release billions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. These gases trap heat from the Sun, making the Earth warmer than it would be without them. Over 90% of the extra heat from greenhouse gases gets absorbed by the ...
The world’s oceans are the hottest on record for June, pushing past records set during the 2023–24 El Niño years. Right now, the average sea surface temperature is just under 21°C across the world’s tropical and temperate oceans.
Last year was the hottest on record for the world’s oceans for the third year in a row, according to new research, part of a long-term upward trend in ocean temperature that scientists say is overwhelmingly due to planet-warming fossil fuel emissions.
Keith Behner and Cathy Stiefel on the importance of ocean conservation, their connection to Brazil, and why they support Oceana.
Around 540 million years ago, the biological landscape of Earth went through a huge transformation called the Cambrian explosion. During this era, the ancestors of most modern animal groups began to appear,