Restricting global warming to 1.5C would ‘halve’ risk of marine heatwaves
Marine heatwaves could become 41 times more likely across the globe by 2100 than in pre-industrial times if little is done to stop greenhouse...
Coastal flooding in Europe ‘could cost up to €1 trillion per year’ by 2100
The economic damage from coastal flooding in Europe could reach almost €1 trillion per year by 2100 without new investment in adaptation to climate...
Factcheck: Will climate change bring great white sharks to UK waters?
Last week, many news publications reported on “a new study” claiming that climate change could lead several shark species to move into UK waters.
For...
Slowdown of Atlantic conveyor belt could trigger ‘two decades’ of rapid global warming
A slowdown in the Atlantic Ocean current bringing warm water up to Europe from the tropics could trigger “a period of rapid global surface...
‘Atlantification’ of Arctic sea tipping it towards new climate regime
Rising temperatures and declining sea ice are driving a “rapid climate shift” in the Arctic’s Barents Sea, a new study says.
The research, published in...
Guest post: How global warming is causing ocean oxygen levels to fall
Prof Andreas Oschlies is head of the marine biogeochemical modelling group and speaker of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 754 at the Helmholtz Centre...
Sea level rise due to Antarctic ice melt has ‘tripled over past five years’
The rate of sea level rise resulting from the melting of the Antarctic ice sheet has tripled over the past five years, according to...
Low-lying atolls could become ‘uninhabitable’ earlier than thought
Low-lying coral islands across the tropical oceans could become “uninhabitable” in the coming decades because of the combined impacts of sea level rise and...
Great Barrier Reef at ‘unprecedented’ risk of collapse after major bleaching event
The record-breaking marine heatwave in 2016 across the Great Barrier Reef has left much of the coral ecosystem at an “unprecedented” risk of collapse,...
Atlantic ‘conveyor belt’ has slowed by 15% since mid-20th century
The Atlantic Ocean current that brings warm water up to Europe from the tropics has weakened by 15% since the middle of the last...
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