Every summer, communities across northern Australia brace for the tropical cyclone season. Tropical cyclones draw their power from the warm seas, extracting heat and moisture from ocean water. To improve cyclone forecasting – and better protect lives and property – we enlisted an unlikely ally: deep-diving sea turtles equipped with oceanographic sensors on their shells.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From Waikiki to Waimea Bay on Oahu's North Shore, the storms have transformed near-shore ocean waters from turquoise blue to brown. The Hawaii Department of Health has a message for the ...

Antarctica’s sea ice hit an all-time winter low in 2023, and new peer-reviewed research links the drop to a combination of storm activity and unusually warm ocean conditions, while also documenting unusually large wintertime ocean-to-atmosphere heat loss ...

A marine heat wave covering an area eight times the size of the United States could soon fuel serious storms and extreme heat.

Experts have warned that extensive storm damage caused to one of South Devon's most iconic routes is likely to become more frequent as global sea levels rise and the impacts of extreme wave events increases. Members of the University of Plymouth's Coastal ...

The Atlantic hurricane season has just begun and runs from Monday to November 30 with storm activity peaking in mid-September. During this period, warm ocean waters and atmospheric shifts feed and accelerate tropical storms and hurricanes that mainly ...

Tropical Storm Elida has formed in the Pacific Ocean and is posing no threat to land, forecasters said. The cyclone was about 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico,