This story is part of Record High, a Grist series examining extreme heat and its impact on how — and where — we live. Scientists first spotted the Blob in late 2013. The sprawling patch of unusually ...

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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Berly McCoy of the Short Wave podcast about stealthy fish, a recent communication hiccup with Voyager 2 and why waves are getting taller in California.

Scientists warn that record-high sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic Ocean this year are having consequences for sea life. As marine heat waves there have worsened over the years, ...

The overheating of the Indian Ocean to potentially lethal levels due to marine heat waves and sea surface temperature increase poses severe challenges for the fish population, coral reefs, marine ...

Climate change is making areas around the world more dangerous to live in, or in some cases uninhabitable. The ocean is no exception to climate change's effects. In 2023, oceans hit record-high ...

A marine heat wave is warming California’s coast, driving seabird starvation, ecosystem stress and record ocean temperatures.

An intense marine heat wave that has fueled record-warm sea surface temperatures in the world’s oceans in recent months could linger well into the fall, according to an experimental forecast produced ...

We finally know the forces behind an 80-foot-tall wall of water that rocked the North Sea in 1995. By Laura Baisas Published Aug 5, 2025 12:30 PM EDT Add Popular Science (opens in a new tab) More ...

California marine heat wave drives seabird die-offs and marine mammal stress as ocean temperatures spike off West Coast. Will El Niño change it?

A Wave Glider unmanned surface vehicle was deployed on eight multi-week missions over the east Florida continental shelf to detect acoustically tagged animals. (Liquid Robotics, Inc) CAPE CANAVERAL, ...