The beginning of June marks the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, the six-month period when strong storms can brew in ...

As the climate warms, hurricanes are becoming more intense, and sea levels are rising. Both of these effects are likely to ...

A heat dome is bringing extreme temperatures and humidity to southern states and warming the Gulf of Mexico. Here are six ...

Sweeping cuts in Trump's proposed budget would target an ocean-monitoring system that scientists say is crucial to predicting tsunami escape routes and hurricane intensity and helping ships navigate ...

Rip currents are powerful, narrow channels of fast-moving water that can quickly pull swimmers ... rip currents on a large section of the ocean twice a day and only a day or two into the future.

Federal forecasters predicted an unusually heavy hurricane season at a briefing in New Orleans on Thursday. “Everything’s in ...

Instead of news about the ocean breaking temperature records, a large part of the Main Development Region has experienced water temperatures trending downward. In fact, the North Atlantic Ocean is ...

However, beach contamination is on the rise, with Surfrider's recent report showing that 80 percent of beaches tested ...

National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists warn of "dangerous" ocean conditions in a rip current statement released for Florida's entire Atlantic ... of fast-moving water that can quickly ...

The second key ingredient that meteorologists have their eye on is the El Niño–Southern Oscillation, which forecasters refer to as ENSO. ENSO is a climate cycle that shifts every few years between ...

Most research has focused on surface waters ... ocean systems. For the study, researchers synthesized depth-profile data from 1,885 stations collected between 2014 and 2024 to map microplastic ...