oceans

A NASA-generated image of ocean temperatures, with a dark red splotch indicating extremely hot temperatures covering much of the North Pacific. This unusual warming happened between 2013-2016.

NASA Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center

June 4, 2026

Overheating a Water Planet: Warmed Oceans Will Not Be Ignored

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

Icebergs float in Disko Bay, near a row of warmly illuminated houses, as moonlight shines through the clouds on September 03, 2021 in Ilulissat, Greenland.

Mario Tama/Getty Images

November 12, 2024

Why Climate Scientists Are Sounding the Alarm on the Ocean Circulation System AMOC

Marc Alessi
Science Fellow

Mike Young, MFF

February 22, 2023

Whales and Lobstermen Have a Common Enemy

Roger Stephenson
Former Contributor

Andreas Lindlahr

September 26, 2019

Scary Changes Documented in the IPCC Report on Climate Change and the Ocean

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

August 22, 2019

Facing Uncertain Future, Puffins Adapt to Survive Climate Change

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

June 16, 2014

Science, Democracy, and International Ocean Policy: Thank You, Secretary Kerry

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor