New clues from ancient seas are reshaping what we know about mass extinction and the future of our oceans. In a recent ...

As global climate change intensifies, ocean acidification is becoming a ‘relentless killer’ threatening coral reef ecosystems ...

Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land ...

Increased ocean acidification is harmful to marine life, leading to issues such as weakening the shells and skeletons of ...

Earth's oceans are in worse condition than scientists thought, with acidity levels so high that our seas may have entered a "danger zone" five years ago, according to a new study. Humans are ...

The acidity of Antarctica's coastal waters could double by the end of the century, threatening whales, penguins and hundreds of other species that inhabit the Southern Ocean, according to new ...

Our planet’s oceans absorb CO2 from the atmosphere, in turn making their waters chemically shift. As acidity increases in ocean water, pH decreases — and it becomes harder for the ocean’s ...

Across the globe, oceans are acidifying as they absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, threatening coral reefs and many ...

The oceans have become 30 percent more acidic because of the carbon pollution we're pumping into the atmosphere. We're already seeing the effects as coral reefs collapse, oyster beds disappear and ...

Researchers and hatcheries are exploring new ways to protect shellfish in the Pacific Northwest, although Trump budget cuts ...

"Ocean acidification scares debunked," reads the text over a May 21, 2025 video posted to X by The Heartland Institute, a US free-market think tank (archived here), which AFP has investigated in ...

The Antarctic, or Southern, Ocean is the world’s least-explored and least understood. But a team of scientists in land-locked Boulder has recently made a discovery that may lead to a better ...