Satellite data reveals 21% of oceans have darkened, affecting photic zones and marine life. Researchers warn of severe ...

About 700 million years ago, Earth was entombed in a veneer of ice hundreds of feet thick—a frozen state scientists refer to ...

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Narrow bands of ocean covering just over one-third of the world's seas are responsible for absorbing nearly three-quarters of ...

Earth froze over 717 million years ago. Ice crept down from the poles to the equator, and the dark subglacial seas suffocated ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The world’s oceans once again hit a record high temperature in 2025, storing more heat than during any previous year since modern ...

Common ocean bacteria struggle to divide when conditions change, reshaping how warming seas affect ecosystems.

Climate science, over the past few decades, especially since the turn of the new century, has increasingly identified trouble spots with ecosystems that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The vehicle includes a sensor to measure ocean conditions as well as a fish tracker. According to mission co-lead Scott Glenn, the ...

SAR11 bacteria dominate the world’s oceans by being incredibly efficient, shedding genes to survive in nutrient-poor waters.

The world’s ocean absorbed more heat in 2025 than in any other year on record. The world’s ocean absorbed more heat in 2025 than in any other year on record.Marc Asensio—Getty Images Reporter The ...