A broad swath of the Pacific Ocean is simmering from an exceptional marine heat wave that scientists warn could just be settling in. Marine animals are already feeling its effects.

Historically warm waters in 2014 caused strandings of malnourished birds, sea lions along beaches, worsened drought ...

Waves from the Pacific Ocean break along the coast near the 60-ft high Victoria Beach Pirate Tower on a summer day on Sept. 19, 2025 in Laguna Beach, Calif. Credit - Kevin Carter—Getty Images From ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Marine heat waves are supercharging damage caused by hurricanes and tropical cyclones across the globe, a new study found. Researchers looked at 1,600 tropical cyclones — the broader ...

Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego say a marine heat wave has pushed ocean temperatures well ...

California’s coastal waters are experiencing a marine heat wave, with record or near-record ocean temperatures reported along ...

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

Earlier this year, a spate of deaths in Florida caused by Vibrio vulnificus, known as the flesh-eating bacteria, made headlines. Infections of this kind are troublingly on the rise as ocean ...

(CNN) — Something unusual and with far-reaching consequences is lurking in the sea off the California coast, stretching all the way down the Baja Peninsula and more than 500 miles to the southwest. In ...