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Coast Guard rescued 16 people from the ocean about 120 miles off the coast of Ensenada, Mexico, early Friday and is continuing to search for others who may still be in the water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Sea ice produces a stronger microwave signal than open ocean water, allowing researchers to distinguish frozen areas from ice-free seas.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Spanning about 14,400 square feet, the six-bedroom residence cantilevers over the ocean and has a retractable wooden roof.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Since then, global ocean temperatures have soared to unprecedented highs and the worst coral bleaching episode on record between 2023 and 2025 caused widespread mortality across reefs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Yes, there was the surface of the ocean with the sun glinting off it.

From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan

Last year, scientists warned that warm-water coral reefs had almost certainly crossed a point of no return as oceans warm beyond a level most can survive.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Corals are heat sensitive and particularly vulnerable to climate change, which is heating the world's oceans and increasing the frequency and intensity of damaging bleaching events.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Part of this reflects the long-term warming of the oceans but scientists say it is not the whole story.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

With its first images and measurements already demonstrating promising performance, Sentinel-3C is on its way to becoming another important tool for observing Earth's oceans, landscapes, ice sheets, and atmosphere as the planet continues to change.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

They’ll feel how I do when I think about how the oceans are changing in all the worst ways, and how jellyfish will starve even whales.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin