California’s coastal waters are experiencing a marine heat wave, with record or near-record ocean temperatures reported along ...

Warmer waters also mean less upwelling — when deep, cold ocean water rises to the surface. That means “less nutrients, and ...

From seabirds to sea lions, wildlife along the California coast are now facing “the Blob,” a massive marine heat wave that’s become a recurring anomaly since the early 2010s. The oceanic phenomenon ...

The unusually hot waters are lurking in the sea off the California coast, and they could wreak havoc on the state’s weather and marine food chain.

A massive marine heatwave off our coast has been with us a year and shows no signs of letting up.

One by one, the four California sea lions slid out of their crates and into the ocean. As the SeaWorld San Diego rescue boat bobbed nearby, one of the pinnipeds dove deep and then popped his head out ...

Coastal waters from San Francisco to Baja California are experiencing a record-breaking marine heat wave. A marine heat wave is a prolonged period of unusually warm ocean temperatures that can disrupt ...

A new AI-powered whale detection network, WhaleSpotter, launched in San Francisco Bay to protect marine life by alerting ...

More than a decade after California began setting aside patches of ocean for conservation, change could be coming to its marine protected areas. The state is considering a variety of changes to the ...

One by one, the four California sea lions slid out of their crates and into the ocean. As the SeaWorld San Diego rescue boat bobbed nearby, one of the pinnipeds dove deep and then popped his head out ...

Hottest. Earliest. Most extreme. California’s meteorologists and oceanographers keep dropping new superlatives about the temperatures in 2026. “There’s a bunch of claims circulating, some viral social ...

Community members, environmental advocates and fishing industry representatives gathered in Goleta this week for a public hearing on ...