El Nino may be partially responsible for global warming since 1950s

Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 13:06

A new research has suggested that a natural shift to stronger warm El Nino events in the Pacific Ocean may be responsible for a substantial portion of the global warming.

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.

Climate change to undermine world ocean systems by 2100

Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 21:09

Scientists have found that no corner of the world ocean will be untouched by climate change by 2100, with the sea experiencing the simultaneous effects of warming, acidification and oxygen depletion.

Climate change will upset vital ocean chemical cycles

Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 11:58

A new research has suggested that rising ocean temperatures could hamper natural cycles of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and phosphorous.

Humans played dominant role in ocean warming

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 16:16

Most of the observed global ocean warming over the past 50 years is attributable to human activities, according to 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.