“The signs of the ocean in distress are all around us”, said Peter Thomson, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for the Ocean, at the conference in Nice, France last week.

Puget Sound and the Salish Sea are on the leading edge of an ocean acidification crisis that could devastate West Coast ...

Scientists exploring ways to use the ocean as a carbon sink are running into a problem that could limit the technology’s long-term effectiveness: the nutrients that marine life needs to pull carbon ...

When we talk about carbon removal, the conversation often feels like science fiction. Machines that suck CO₂ directly from the air, forests genetically engineered to grow faster, mineral powders ...

Dr. Obaidullah added, “Microplastics disrupt marine life, weaken the ‘biological carbon pump,’ and even release greenhouse gases as they degrade. Over time, these changes could lead to ocean warming, ...

In April 2026, new research confirmed that the Atlantic meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) – the system of ocean ...

The ocean is storing an estimated 91 percent of the excess heat energy trapped in the Earth's climate system by excess greenhouse gases. This staggering statistic comes from NOAA's latest climate data ...

Suggested Citation: "2 Effects of Ocean Acidification on the Chemistry of Seawater." National Research Council. 2010. Ocean Acidification: A National Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a Changing ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The planet would be a whole lot hotter if it weren’t for fecal pellets. Across the world’s oceans, tiny ...