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MANATEE BAY, Fla. -- Preliminary ocean temperature off the coast of South Florida reached triple digits, which could be a global record, according to experts. A buoy in Manatee Bay, Florida, reported ...

The Mediterranean Sea is heating up faster than ever before, and the consequences are already being felt. In places like ...

A new study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences has found that ocean warming in 2024 has led to new record high temperatures. The ocean is the hottest it has ever been recorded by humans, ...

By Edward Carver Every calendar year since 2019, ocean temperatures have reached new record highs. 2025 was no exception, ...

Another scientific study is raising alarms about the rate at which the world’s oceans are warming. According to scientists at the University of Reading, the global mean sea surface temperature (GMSST) ...

The oceans of the world absorb the overwhelming majority of the heat caused by global warming, creating serious consequences for life in and around them, including humans. "The oceans do a lot of the ...

Believe it or not, how much snow we see this winter or how much those thermometers drop in January is controlled, in part, by ocean water temperatures thousands of miles away. The Pacific Ocean along ...

Texas wildlife rescue teams have been working around the clock to care for cold-stunned sea turtles after a winter storm and Arctic air invasion caused water temperatures in the Gulf to plummet. When ...

Ocean microbes keep the planet healthy by cycling nutrients and capturing carbon, but a detailed and precise map of where they live had never been made—until now.