A major new study shows long-term ocean warming is steadily reducing fish populations, putting global food security at risk.

Climate change’s rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally ...

Sea levels across the world are already “much higher” than most scientific assessments have assumed, according to new research, making coasts even more vulnerable to rising oceans as a result of ...

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 ...

A new 30-year analysis reveals that melting land ice is now the main force behind rising global sea levels. Researchers ...

Humans are a coastal species. More than one in ten people in the world live within three miles of the shore, and about 40 ...

Hurricane Melissa has entered Category 5 after doubling its wind speed in about 24 hours over the weekend. The storm, moving at the rate of 157 mph, is predicted to strike Jamaica on Tuesday and head ...

Scientists are using studies and computer models to draw connections between recent extreme weather and climate change. The ...

This is especially true for major coastal winter storms, which thrive on the contrast between cold air over land and warmer, ...