Contrasting patterns of heating & cooling observed in North Atlantic Ocean even as global oceans warm up: WMO
This contrasting pattern of heating and cooling in the North Atlantic Ocean is linked to the slowdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning …
Scientists reconstruct history of world’s most powerful ocean current over last 5.3 million years and its link to global climate
Antarctic Circumpolar Current could grow stronger due to human-caused climate change, accelerate melting of Antarctic ice
Small island nations seek protection from ocean pollution, climate change
Small island nations that have been disproportionately harmed by the climate crisis will go up against high-emitting nations
In 2023, global ocean heat content doubled or tripled since the late 1980s, shows study
The 2023 estimate represents around 4.6 billion Hiroshima nuclear bombs
2023 hurricane forecast: Get ready for a busy Pacific storm season, quieter Atlantic than recent years thanks to El Niño
Tropical storms and hurricanes have caused over a trillion dollars in damage in the US since 1981
Indian Ocean is heating up much faster than we think, at a rate of 1.7-3.8°C per century
Future increase in heat content equivalent to adding energy of one Hiroshima atomic bomb detonation every second, all day, every day, for a decade
Extraordinary marine heatwave in North Atlantic Ocean may continue throughout 2023
The month of May this year witnessed the highest sea surface temperature since 1850
Ocean surface waves — and their hazards — due to tropical cyclones are growing bigger, warns study
Maximum height of tropical cyclone waves, area of its footprint has increased significantly over 40 years
On the precipice
A collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation may put other climate systems at risk
Could the law of the sea be used to protect small island states from climate change?
Small island developing states also face more extreme weather, increasingly acidic oceans, coral bleaching and harm to fisheries
Global warming pushes marine fish to polar waters: Study
It remains to be seen how foodwebs and ecosystems will be affected by fish migration
A23a, world’s largest iceberg, is now drifting beyond Antarctic waters
While scientists believe the iceberg’s breakaway to be a natural occurrence, they point this to being a stark reminder of the potentially …
Study finds high GHG emissions could turn continental shelves in Antarctic Marine Protected Areas severely acidic by 2100
Under high, very high emissions scenarios, there will be widespread aragonite undersaturation, implying unstable conditions
Atlantic hurricane season 2023: El Nino and extreme Atlantic Ocean heat are about to clash
The Atlantic Coast should be rooting for El Niño to develop as forecast, since such events often reduce hurricane impacts there
The world’s fish are shrinking as the climate warms. We’re trying to figure out why
It may be due to a mismatch between how much oxygen a fish needs and how much it can get
At least 18 reported dead after Cyclone Gamane hits Madagascar
According to the World Bank, Madagascar is among the countries that are most at risk of climate change. It also has the highest rates of poverty …
The Great Barrier Reef’s latest bout of bleaching is the fifth in eight summers – the corals now have almost no reprieve
We can expect heavy losses of corals to occur on hundreds of individual reefs over the next few months
Links between global climate events getting stronger: Study
Climate teleconnections intensified over last 37 years; southern hemisphere more vulnerable
When polar bears hunt snow geese, hunger justifies the means
The adaptations that polar bears will have to make to meet the challenges brought about by climate change are numerous and unpredictable
Saved by sponge
As oceans warm up, women in Zanzibar switch from seaweed to climate-resilient sponge farming to stay afloat
Kenya’s had unusually hot weather — an expert unpacks what could be causing it
What Nairobi has had is a wave of hot weather that the human body can easily adjust to.
Atlantic is headed for a tipping point − once melting glaciers shut down Gulf Stream, we would see extreme climate change within decades, study shows
It might seem counterintuitive to worry about extreme cold as the planet warms, but if the main Atlantic Ocean circulation shuts down from too …
Pacific Islanders have long drawn wisdom from the Earth, the sky and the waves. Research shows the science is behind them
Much of traditional knowledge in the Pacific for coping with climate change is scientifically plausible
More than 200 scientists from 19 countries want to tell us the Southern Ocean is in trouble
Annual extent of winter sea ice has stopped increasing and now we have had two years of record lows
Heat waves to intensify in Madagascar, one of Earth’s richest biodiversity hotspots: WWA study
Indian Ocean island experienced one of its hottest Octobers, with even the capital and highlands experiencing record heat