Pacific Ocean warming 15 times faster than in 10,000 years

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 18:05

Deeper regions of the Pacific Ocean are warming 15 times faster than they did during the previous 10,000 years, a new study has found.

Plankton shells can reveal climate change from millions of years ago

Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 13:59

A new research has found that climate changes from millions of years ago are recorded at daily rate in ancient sea shells.

Heatwave decimates marine species habitat: Study

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 23, 2013, 23:22

Ocean temperatures five degrees Celsius higher than normal off the western Australian coast decimated the seaweed which harboured marine species, reveals a new study.

Ocean temperatures could be rising over the last century

Last Updated: Monday, April 2, 2012, 13:14

Scientists have previously determined that nearly 90 percent of the excess heat added to Earth’s climate system since the 1960s has been stored in the oceans.