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The parts of the world’s oceans with the most varied mix of species are seeing the biggest impacts from a warming climate and commercial...
Guest post: Why NOAA updates its sea surface temperature record
This is a guest article by Prof Peter Thorne, professor of physical geography at Maynooth University in Ireland, and centre director of the Irish...
Climate change and fishing lay ‘ecological trap’ for African penguins
Climate change and commercial fishing are luring endangered African penguins into an “ecological trap” that threatens their survival, a new study warns.
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Scientists solve ocean ‘carbon sink’ puzzle
The oceans are a hugely important “carbon sink”, helping absorb CO2 emissions from human activities. Without them, CO2 would accumulate more quickly in the...
Guest post: Press complaints process is ‘exercise in futility’ for scientists
This is a comment article authored by two scientists who have made complaints to regulators about coverage of climate science in the media. The...
Ocean data upgrade confirms pace of recent warming
Every day, thousands of measurements of the Earth’s temperature are taken across the world by weather stations, ships, satellites, floating buoys and weather balloons.
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Arctic summer sea ice to disappear with 2C warming, study says
A new study, published in Science, pinpoints the direct relationship between carbon emissions and the amount of Arctic sea ice melt they cause as...
Clouds dampened warming since 1980s, study shows
A new study helps unravel one of the biggest uncertainties for scientists making climate change projections – how clouds will be affected as the...
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