The Southern Ocean can release stored heat during cooling, creating short-term warming. This discovery shows climate recovery ...

Scientists at Yale and in Singapore have devised what may be the ultimate acid test — a comprehensive model for estimating the origins of Earth’s habitability, based in part on ocean acidity. The new ...

A new review reveals how tiny shell-building plankton quietly drive carbon cycling and influence global climate change.

The ocean's smallest engineers, calcifying plankton, quietly regulate Earth's thermostat by capturing and cycling carbon.

In the 21st century, the Earth’s oceans are growing warmer and more acidic. This change is happening slowly over the long-term, but it can also cause short-term, local spikes. These events are like ...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is an enormous loop of ocean current in the Atlantic Ocean that carries warmer waters north and colder waters south, helping to regulate the ...

Our planet has certain natural systems that help in balancing and controlling the rising temperature. For instance, it has been reported that rocks absorb carbon dioxide from the air, and similarly, ...

The collapse of a crucial network of Atlantic Ocean currents could push parts of the world into a deep freeze, with winter temperatures plunging to around minus 55 degrees Fahrenheit in some cities, ...

Extreme marine heat recorded since 2023 might herald the start of a regime shift in the world’s oceans that poses a grave threat to life on Earth, scientists have warned. Record-breaking marine ...

Until now, the slow weathering of silicate rocks has been considered as the main factor in climate regulation. In this system, rain takes up carbon dioxide (CO 2) from the atmosphere, falls on exposed ...