Global temperatures and rain patterns are affected by a climate phenomenon known as El Niño/La Niña.

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 ...

Woods Hole researchers, Adam Subhas (left) and Chris Murray, conducted a series of lab experiments earlier this year to test the impact of an alkaline substance, known as sodium hydroxide, on copepods ...

The oceanic "twilight zone" lies deep, and teems with life. We look at how this mysterious zone affects climate change. Sponsor Message : [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION Aug. 4, 2025: A previous version of ...

BENGALURU, India (AP) — Ocean temperatures warmed by human-caused climate change fed the intense rainfall that triggered deadly floods and landslides across Asia in recent weeks, according to an ...

Some of the littlest organisms in the ocean wield incredible influence, both on their ecosystems and on the planet. Like plants do on land, phytoplankton absorb sunlight and carbon dioxide and expel ...

I was overjoyed with the number of people who attended, in person and virtually, for the Globe’s recent weather and climate event — “The Reshaping of New England’s Seasons: What’s happening to our ...

Amid Cuts to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Species Like the Florida Panther Languish After a Decade of Missteps, a Texas City Careens Toward a Water-Shortage Catastrophe States Blast Federal ...