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 ...

While Antarctic meltwater drives rising sea levels, models show it also delays greenhouse gas-induced warming. That’s because ...

Years of underfunding and new delays in federal grantmaking threaten buoys and ocean monitoring assets run by the National ...

Scientists fear warming is driving a collapse in the ocean currents that shape climate far and wide. The ice-choked waters ...

Lifelong boat captain George Billiris says he's lucky to be alive after Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating" bacteria that lurks in warm coastal waters like those along Florida's Gulf Coast ...

In this first glimpse of the "Sea Camp" series from NPR's Short Wave podcast, hear how climate change will significantly shift three-quarters of the ocean's surface currents by the end of the century.

An influx of cold water from Canada’s Labrador Shelf could drive bottom temperatures nearly 2 degrees below average in the Gulf of Maine, NOAA researchers say. Cold water flowing into the the Gulf of ...

We all depend on the oceans. They regulate climate over long timescales and affect weather on land. They also host vast ecosystems, provide nutrition for billions, and support livelihoods and cultures ...

An "astonishing" Pacific marine heatwave could influence winter storms along the West Coast this year, including in California. "If sea surface temperatures remain above normal just off the West Coast ...