Ocean temperatures set a record high in 2025, according to a new study. The authors found that the heat content of the ocean increased by about 23 zettajoules between 2024 and 2025. That’s roughly the ...

The Climate Shift Index: Ocean quantifies the influence of climate change on sea surface temperatures. It’s grounded in peer-reviewed attribution science and was launched by Climate Central in 2024.

For the first time, a study by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego integrates climate-related damages to the ocean into the social cost of ...

It may sparkle in the sun, but the ocean's surface is a dynamic thermometer for our planet. The sea surface temperature (SST) is measured by satellites and buoys in the ocean, to give the most ...

Sea temperatures in the Persian Gulf have soared to nearly 100 F, just short of the Earth's record high. NASA data revealed that the surface of the water between Iran and the Arab Peninsula hit a mind ...

Every calendar year since 2019, ocean temperatures have reached new record highs. 2025 was no exception, according to a new study. The study, published Jan. 9 in the journal Advances in Atmospheric ...