State of the climate: Low sea ice and near-record warmth define 2019 to date
This year is shaping up to be the second warmest on record for most surface temperature datasets, behind only the super-El Niño year of...
In-depth Q&A: The IPCC’s special report on the ocean and cryosphere
Earlier today in Monaco, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its special report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate...
Explainer: How climate change is accelerating sea level rise
Sea level rise (SLR) is one of the most severe impacts of climate change, with rising waters threatening to inundate small-island nations and coastal...
Global sea level rise began accelerating ‘30 years earlier’ than previously thought
Global sea level rise began to accelerate in the 1960s, 30 years earlier than suggested by previous assessments, a new study finds.
The study, published...
Analysis: Major update to ocean-heat record could shrink 1.5C carbon budget
The UK’s Met Office recently released “HadSST4”, the largest update since 2011 to its widely used sea surface temperature (SST) record.
The new version provides...
Climate change is driving plankton towards the poles, study says
Communities of zooplankton – microscopic drifting animals that underpin marine ecosystems – are migrating poleward in response to climate change, a study finds.
By comparing ancient...
State of the climate: Heat across Earth’s surface and oceans mark early 2019
Global surface temperatures in 2019 are on track to be either the second or third warmest since records began in the mid-1800s, behind only...
Bottlenose dolphin numbers declined by ‘12%’ following marine heatwave
An unprecedented spell of marine heat in Shark Bay, Australia, caused bottlenose dolphin numbers to decline for the following six years, a study finds.
Dolphin...
Arctic sea ice winter peak in 2019 is seventh lowest on record
Arctic sea ice has reached its maximum extent for the year, peaking at 14.78m square kilometers (sq km) on 13 March. It is the...
Ocean warming has caused ‘sustainable’ fish stocks to drop by 4% since 1930s
Warming of the world’s oceans has caused the total amount of fish that can be caught sustainably to fall by an average of 4%...