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Ocean warming has caused ‘sustainable’ fish stocks to drop by 4% since 1930s
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Studies shed new light on Antarctica’s future contribution to sea level rise
A widely reported study in 2016 that suggested Antarctica could add more than a metre to sea levels by 2100 was likely an “overestimate”,...
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State of the climate: How the world warmed in 2018
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Guest post: Observations and models agree that the oceans are warming faster
Dr Lijing Cheng is an associate professor at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics in China; Prof John Abraham is a professor in the School...
Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2018
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Natural ocean fluctuations could help explain Antarctic sea ice changes
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