Research analyzing coral skeletons in the Indian Ocean has revealed a timeline of sea-level rise. The National University of Singapore found that water levels in the region began accelerating much ...

What complicates the assessment is factoring in natural variations, regional-scale trends, a short observational record, climate model uncertainties, and the ocean basin’s complex circulation.

New modeling shows that river erosion and climate drove dramatic rises and falls in the basin’s water during the Messinian Salinity Crisis.

But while the effects won’t arrive on the planet’s surface for a while, the end result is an entirely new ocean basin above it.

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's ocean basins, spanning approximately 63 million square miles.

The largest and deepest of the world's ocean basins is the Pacific Ocean, covering approximately 63 million square miles. It's also considered the oldest of the world's ocean basins.