Early 2026 has brought renewed scrutiny to how Earth-observing satellites register extreme ocean events. Widely circulated ...

Burgeoning ocean hotspots feed big storms To understand how often these extreme storms occur, Lin and her team reviewed records of major tropical cyclones from roughly the past 40 years. Their ...

In 2025, Earth’s oceans quietly hit a new heat record, absorbing a staggering 23 Zetta Joules of energy, roughly equivalent to 37 years of global energy consumption. This unprecedented figure ...

Scientists have uncovered a new threat hiding under the floating edges of Antarctica: fast moving, stormlike swirls of water that attack the ice from below. These secretive currents, spinning in the ...

Last year was Earth’s third hottest globally, but temperature is just one measure of climate change’s influence. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Last year — the third-warmest in modern history — opened with ...

Intense storms that sweep over the Southern Ocean enable the ocean to absorb more heat from the atmosphere. New research from the University of Gothenburg shows that today’s climate models ...

Shuang-Ye Wu does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The National Weather Service on Thursday warned that “dangerously cold and very dry ...