The ocean is essentially our planet's climate control system, a massive engine that never stops working. For thousands of years, this intricate network of currents has maintained Earth's weather ...

While we’ve been debating carbon taxes and emission caps, our oceans have been quietly capturing carbon. It’s like discovering your quiet neighbor has been solving climate change while you were ...

Researchers have long been puzzled by the observed cooling of the eastern tropical Pacific and the Southern Ocean ...

The Climate Shift Index: Ocean quantifies the influence of climate change on sea surface temperatures. It’s grounded in peer-reviewed attribution science and was launched by Climate Central in 2024.

Flooding on the US Northeast coast has risen significantly as a critical network of Atlantic Ocean currents weakens, according to a new study — an alarming glimpse into the future as some scientists ...

Climate change is warming Europe, but scientists are also studying whether a weakened Atlantic current could make Britain colder, with Laurie Laybourne, director of the Strategic Climate Risks ...

Leading science institutions and partners highlight ocean–forest interconnection and the ocean’s role in global climate solutions at COP30 Located within the COP30 Blue Zone, the Ocean Pavilion will ...

As human activities have released greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, trapping excess heat and warming the planet, the ocean has absorbed more than 90% of that excess heat since the 1970s. The ocean ...

The Sahara Desert has expanded by about 10 percent since 1920, according to a new study conducted by University of Maryland researchers. This represents roughly an area the size of South Dakota being ...

Climate Central’s new Climate Shift Index: Ocean measures the influence of climate change on daily ocean temperatures. Specifically, the Climate Shift Index: Ocean (also known as the Ocean CSI) ...