The marine heat wave of 2026 is simmering the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, and experts are warning that it ...

South Carolina beachgoers will soon have another tool to track ocean water conditions during the busiest months of the year.

Understanding why ocean water is salty but river water isn’t is a fascinating topic, and one that has intrigued scientists for centuries. The answer lies in a combination of geological and natural ...

Scientists have succeeded in using weather satellites to track ocean currents in real time with an unprecedented level of ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County health officials have extended a water contact closure for a long stretch of coast due to sewage flow from the Tijuana River. On Saturday evening, the San Diego ...

The Southern Indian Ocean off the west coast of Australia is becoming less salty at an astonishing rate, largely due to climate change, new research shows. In a study published February 3 in Nature ...

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Chelsea Hylton is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. An Inglewood native, Hylton has her master's degree from USC. She covers local breaking news across the Southern California region. Before joining ...

"Ocean plastic" is a catch-all term for plastic debris in water, on coastlines, or in any oceanic environment, and the identification of marine microplastics two decades ago made the scale of the ...

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ...