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 ...

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 ...

A team of astrophysicists, geoscientists, chemists and life scientists affiliated with a host of institutions in Japan has found evidence that billions of years ago, the Earth's oceans were green.

Due to evolutionary pressures and the light spectrum available to photosynthesizing cyanobacteria on early Earth, the world’s oceans were likely much greener than they are today. Although the ...