Warming Oceans Put Kink in Food Chain, Study Says
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The tiny marine plants that make up the foundation of the food chain are directly affected by warming oceans, a recent study found.
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Hurricanes feed on warm water, and a   study released on Monday shows a link between warmer ocean   temperatures and human use of fossil fuels, challenging   skeptics who blame them on natural climate cycles.
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The interplay between the oceans and atmosphere is changing, wiping out vast swathes of marine life, say scientists.
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The genetic map of a type of teeny-weeny ocean algae could have a big impact on how scientists try to protect the Earth&#39;s oceans from greenhouse gases.
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More than 40% of world's oceans heavily affected by fishing, climate change and pollution, study finds
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Climate change could be disastrous for some animals, but male grey seals are probably not complaining -- it has improved their sex lives.
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Global warming is melting the Arctic ice faster than expected, and the world&#39;s oceans could rise by about a meter by 2100, swamping homes from Bangladesh to Florida, the head of a study said.
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A rise in the temperature of the world's oceans is often accompanied by mass extinctions, according to a new statistical study of fossil records.
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The planet's temperature has climbed to levels not seen in thousands of years, warming that has begun to affect plants and animals, researchers report in Tuesday's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Environmental researchers said climate change is changing the way scientists view the future of ocean resources off the U.S. West Coast.
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A creeping rise in sea levels tied to global warming, pollution and damage to coral reefs may make coastlines even more vulnerable to disasters like tsunamis or storms in future, experts said Monday.
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Science & environment: Rising global temperatures could trigger a huge extinction of plants and animals, according to a  study.
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Climate change could be disastrous for  some animals, but male gray seals are probably not complaining  -- it has improved their sex lives.
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A new analysis of last year's near-record U.S. temperatures suggests human activity was the biggest factor in the 2006 warming, according to researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Animal and plant species have begun dying off or changing sooner than predicted because of global warming, a review of hundreds of research studies contends.
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A new study shows that ocean acidification may be bad for crustose coralline algae, another important coral reef builder.
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Global warming and disappearing sea ice in the Southern Ocean are causing food shortages that could threaten Antarctic whales, seals and penguins, scientists said Wednesday.