One of NOAA’s most critical roles is to observe the oceans, which are currently undergoing a period of rapid and largely ...

Last year was the hottest year on record, and now a recent NASA-led analysis shows that 2024 also marked an unexpected ...

Sea levels surged in 2024, rising faster than expected due to warming oceans. Unlike previous years, where melting ice ...

Waterfalls on land dazzle with their dramatic beauty, the world’s largest waterfall is hidden beneath the ocean. The Denmark Strait cataract, located between Iceland and Greenland, is a natural ...

Global sea levels rose 0.23 inches in 2024, satellite records show, compared to the predicted 0.17 inches expected for the year.

New species of shark, sea butterfly, mud dragon, bamboo coral, water bear, octocoral, and shrimp were just some of the marine ...

As seawater creeps further into coastlines, salt threatens to pollute the freshwater reserves that people depend on. But this brine isn’t just coming from the ocean: New research shows freshwater ...

NASA data shows global sea levels are rising faster than expected. Most of the rise in 2024 came from ocean warming, not ...

In 1917, a civil engineer pioneered the first deep-sea vehicle to attempt filming underwater. A century later, we have James ...

Sea ice cover in both the Antarctic and Arctic remained far below average throughout February as global average temperatures ...

The ocean covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but scientists say we have barely scratched the surface of what lives in ...