However, a world without oceans is an unlikely scenario ... average global temperature could have catastrophic effects on Earth. The IPCC's Special Report (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...

Although the Earth’s been decidedly blue for 600 million years, rising populations of phytoplankton caused by rising ...

Without these ocean gyres to moderate temperatures, the Earth would be uninhabitable. In the last few decades, however, the oceans have undergone unprecedented warming. Currents have shifted.

Debris produced by human activity has now been spotted at a depth of 5,112 meters (3.2 miles) in the Mediterranean Sea.

To the Ends of the Earth: The Natural World - Oceans is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV ...

Heat Absorption and Distribution Oceans play a colossal role in regulating Earth's climate by absorbing and distributing heat across the globe. Imagine the ocean as a giant sponge, soaking up ...

By 600 million years ago, Earth’s oceans had changed drastically. Without large amounts of iron hydroxide to absorb blue light, the oceans finally took on the deep blue color we see today ...

Earth's vast expanses of water are key to the success of all life on Earth. We eat fish from the ocean, we breathe the oxygen it gives off, we feel the warmth of its huge currents. Without a healthy ...

For a long stretch of Earth’s history, our planet might have looked green from a distance, instead of the pale blue dot we know today. Earth’s green period, which lasted from around 3 billion ...