The world warmed by about 0.7 degrees Celsius (1.26 Fahrenheit) over the past century, and most scientists expect it will rise another degree or two in the next century. Even if it goes up just 1.5...
A new study has shed light on the extent and causes behind the oceans’ quickly vanishing seagrass meadows, a vital resource for thousands of species of marine life
New research suggests that ocean temperature and associated sea level increases between 1961 and 2003 were 50 percent larger than estimated in the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report
Mass extinctions that wiped out up to 90 percent of Earth's flora and fauna were driven in large part by shifting ocean levels, according to a study published in Nature
The seas are rising from global warming and starting to take away islets in Micronesia, a conservation group told leaders of the voyaging canoes Hokule'a and Alingano Maisu.
Ben Namakin, an...
The world's oceans may rise up to 140 cms (4 ft 7 in) by 2100 due to global warming, a faster than expected increase that could threaten low-lying coasts from Florida to Bangladesh, a researcher...