The world's oceans help slow climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere, but how much they take up ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Phytoplankton blooms, seen by satellite in the Baltic Sea, pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. European Space Agency via ...

Leading science institutions and partners highlight ocean–forest interconnection and the ocean’s role in global climate solutions at COP30 Located within the COP30 Blue Zone, the Ocean Pavilion will ...

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A new report by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO reveals a critical lack of understanding of how the ocean absorbs and stores carbon. This glaring uncertainty about our ...

Climate change is already fueling dangerous heat waves, raising sea levels, and transforming the oceans. Even if countries meet their pledges to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are driving ...

NICE, France—More than 2,000 scientists, advocates and policymakers from at least 100 countries convened this week at the One Ocean Science Congress, warning of a mounting marine crisis and promising ...

Carlos Garcia-Soto is a Senior Scientist at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC-IEO). He served as Joint Coordinator of the United Nations World Ocean Assessment and has participated in ...

High-resolution observations of ocean topography from the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission reveal that small surface structures have a larger-than-expected impact on the ocean’s total ...

This expert note provides recommendations on the near-term priorities that could be built into the Ocean and Climate Change dialogue to cumulatively raise ambition and commitments at COP30 and beyond.

More than a dozen of the world’s leading ocean scientific, philanthropic, and other stakeholder organizations, led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Scripps Institution of ...