Sea surface temperatures across the globe can vary tremendously. SSTs near the equator can run as high as 85 degrees Fahrenheit, while temperatures can drop into the upper 20s near the poles.

The world is experiencing the most intense global coral bleaching event on record, with 84 percent of reefs experiencing heat ...

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in ...

These record-high values of 2024 sea surface temperatures and Ocean heat content continue to indicate unabated trends of global heating. Over the past 12 months, 138 countries have recorded their ...

Global sea surface temperatures in 2023–24 exceeded the previous record by an unprecedented margin. Observation-based statistical models and climate models suggest that such jumps in ocean ...

Scientists forecast that at 1.5 degree celsius of warming above pre-industrial levels, which the Earth reached last year, ...

Sea surface temperatures rose between 9 and 14 degrees Fahrenheit (5 and 8 degrees Celsius) over a period of a few thousand years, killing off numerous single-celled marine organisms called ...

"The fresher you make that surface layer, the harder it is to mix warm water up," Wilson explained. But this freshening is not fully represented in state-of-the-art climate models -- a flaw that ...

Bleached coral dies when exposed to heat stress for too long, threatening the bountiful marine ecosystem that depends on it ...