Mapped: Where £4.4bn is being spent on flood protection in England
FLOODS | April 4. 2017. 6:00
Mapped: Where £4.4bn is being spent on flood protection in England
The UK government recently made a little-noticed update to...
Guest post: Adapting to climate change through ‘managed retreat’
Miyuki Hino is a doctoral student at Stanford University specialising in climate change risks and adaptation decisions.
The towns of Grantham in Queensland in Australia...
Coral reef survival hinges on ‘urgent and rapid’ emissions cuts
The future of the Great Barrier Reef – and other reefs around the world – will ultimately depend on how successfully we can limit...
Rate of ocean warming quadrupled since late 20th century, study reveals
The buildup of heat-trapping greenhouse gases is warming the upper ocean four times faster than during the period 1960-1990, according to new research.
The paper,...
Half of world’s ocean to face multiple ‘climate stressors’ by 2030, study warns
Climate change is altering the world’s watery expanses in a number of ways, with serious knock-on effects for the ocean’s plants and animals, according...
Marine ‘hotspots’ under dual threat from climate change and fishing
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.
Warming sea surface...
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...