Claims that new research shows the oceans are speeding global cooling have raced across social media, tapping into a wider fatigue with climate headlines and a hunger for contrarian takes. The science ...

Ocean Discovery League (ODL) has launched the Global Deep Sea Exploration Goals, an ambitious international effort to visually explore 10,000 strategically selected locations across the deep seafloor.

More than one-fifth of the global ocean—an area spanning more than 75 million sq km—has been the subject of ocean darkening over the past two decades, according to new research. Ocean darkening occurs ...

Earth’s oceans reached their highest heat levels on record in 2025, absorbing vast amounts of excess energy from the atmosphere. This steady buildup has accelerated since the 1990s and is now driving ...

An uncertain funding landscape threatens the longevity of an ocean observation system critical to projecting tropical storms, ...