Westerly wind bursts can trigger the beginning of a shift from La Niña to El Niño, a change that can have big consequences ...

Ocean temperatures warmed by human-caused climate change fed the intense rainfall that triggered deadly floods and landslides ...

Average temperatures across the world’s oceans reached an all-time high in 2024, a new multi-team study shows. The temperatures surpassed even those of 2023, which themselves represented a marked ...

MANATEE BAY, Fla. -- Preliminary ocean temperature off the coast of South Florida reached triple digits, which could be a global record, according to experts. A buoy in Manatee Bay, Florida, reported ...

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A study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences has found that ocean warming in 2024 has led to new record high temperatures. The ocean is the hottest it has ever been recorded by humans, not ...

Almost a year ago, ocean surface temperatures around Florida’s coasts hit record-breaking levels – making it too dangerous for swimmers in some areas of the state. And while hot water does typically ...

Hurricanes feed off of warm ocean waters. What happens then when that ocean heat is made 400 times more likely due to human-caused climate change? You get record-shattering Hurricane Beryl. Unusually ...

The scorching heat spurring advisories in parts of Florida this week have also meant warmer ocean temperatures, which last year hit record-breaking levels around the state's coasts. Ocean surface ...

Years of underfunding and new grant delays may force cutbacks on coastal weather and ocean monitoring that fishermen, ...