Warmed-up oceans reduce key food link
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In a "sneak peak" revealing a grim side effect of future warmer seas, new NASA satellite data find that the vital base of the ocean food web shrinks when the world's seas get hotter.
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South Asia and southern Africa may be hardest hit by climate change-related food shortages by 2030.
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Krill, the heart of the rich Antarctic food chain that nourishes whales, seals and penguins, have declined by more than 80 percent in the past 25 years in key ocean regions, according to a new study that links the loss to warming temperatures.
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Hurricanes and typhoons play a significant role in distributing the ocean&#39;s heat, say US researchers, who believe they have uncovered a major, but hitherto-ignored aspect of global warming.
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The climatic phenomenon El Nino should gather weak to moderate intensity, leading to a warming of the Pacific Ocean, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
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PARIS, Sept. 15 -- Arctic ice has shrunk to the lowest level on record, new satellite images show, raising the possibility that the Northwest Passage that eluded famous explorers will become an open shipping lane.
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Some coral reefs may be protected from global warming by a natural thermostat that regulates sea-surface temperatures in the open ocean, researchers said Wednesday.
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Science & environment: The Arctic's sea covering has shrunk so much that the Northwest Passage, the fabled sea route that connects Europe and Asia, has opened up for the first time since records began.
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Previously undiscovered lakes under Antarctica may help improve our understanding of the interaction between global warming and the melting icepack. Plus: New climate accord sought. By the Associated Press.
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A changing climate is forcing some of Britain's less heralded marine lifeforms to move, research shows.
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Researchers have shown that the Sun can be responsible for, at most, only a small part of the warming over the last 20-30 years.
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Sea level rise projections are underestimating the impact of climate change on the oceans, a study suggest.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska Â Frustrated by a lack of regulations limiting global warming, a conservation group wants ribbon seals listed as threatened or endangered because their habitat Â sea ice Â is disappearing amid climate change.
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Carbon dioxide in the air is turning the oceans acidic, and without a reduction in emissions, coral reefs may die away by the end of the century, researchers warn in Fridayâs issue of the journal Science.
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A decade of satellite surveys of the oceans has revealed that warmer years cause a decline in phytoplankton, the vast clouds of tiny drifting plants that are a fundamental component of marine life.
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The key to saving dwindling European fish stocks is for people to consume less fish, conservationists say.
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Effort to fertilize oceans to limit warming, and make money, is canceled.