The impact of humans on plants and animals is much more extensive than previously thought. Vertebrates in particular are showing a significant loss of diversity,...
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Spring is coming, even to the North Pole. But winter is summarised by alarm bells - never before has ice cover peaked at such a...
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US President Donald Trump has put the axe to the US National Weather Service (NOAA). The hijacking affects both international climate research and local forecasts,...
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We have known for a long time that whale poop fertilises the ocean and helps mitigate climate change by sequestering carbon in the ocean. But...
Text: Lena Scherman
Graphics: Basemaps are from www.naturaldata.com. Whale icons are from iStock.com/KBelka.
Photo: Grant Brokensha
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Overfishing is when we catch more fish than can be born. This leads to a steady decline in populations. Overfishing is a threat to marine...
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Sea ice at the poles, which helps cool the Earth, is at its lowest levels recorded this time of year, according to new satellite measurements,...
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Photo: Jorge Saenz/AP/TT
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With a warmer climate, the sea ice is melting and more species are moving to northern latitudes. For killer whales, the melting sea ice provides...
Text/reportage: Linnett Andersen
Photo: Tobias Dahlin, Johan Candert, Simon Stanford, Göran Ehlmé, Lars Öjvind Knutsen, Ismaele Tortella
The world's largest iceberg is drifting towards an island where it risks disturbing penguin chicks and seals, a scientist warns....
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More chaotic weather conditions are ahead. Last year, heatwaves caused the world's rivers to reach their lowest levels in 33 years, while other parts of...
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Photo: Edmar Barros/AP/TT
Graphics: Anders Humlebo/TT
An unexplained hum puzzled seismologists around the world - who joined forces to solve the mystery. Climate change was the triggering factor, according to the...
Text: Sofia Eriksson/TT
Photo: Søren Rysgaard/Danish military, Pontus Lundahl/TT
Rising sea levels are a looming disaster that risks hitting Pacific island nations particularly hard. This is the message from UN Secretary-General António Guterres at...
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Photo: Charlotte Graham-McLay/AP/TT
A small Pacific island nation has pushed for the world's highest court to rule on states' climate change obligations. It is described as an important...
Text: Sofia Eriksson/TT
Photo: Nick Perry/AP/TT
Warmer seawater combined with acidification could pose a major threat to ocean sharks. Their eggs develop much more poorly, leading to the death of the...
Text: Roland Johansson/TT
Photo: Björn Larsson Rosvall/TT, Noémie Coulon/TT
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Every year we're seeing more and more turtle stranding partially because of an increase in awareness but also because there are more extreme weather events,...
Reportage: Jason Boswell
Photo/editing: Jason Boswell
Foto: Two Oceans Aquarium: mass stranding, Devin Trull / Two Oceans Aquarium
They have been blown up in nuclear tests and poisoned when people fished with cyanide. However, the absolute biggest threat to the future of coral...
Text: Sofia Eriksson/TT
Photo: Claudio Bresciani/TT, Jim Maragos/AP/TT, Andrew Ibarra/NOAA/TT, David Wood/TT, Adam Ihse/TT
Graphics: Anders Humlebo/TT
More than half of the world's mangrove forests are at risk of collapse - which would have major consequences for both people and the climate,...
Text: Hanna Odelfors/TT/News Agency
Photo: Alex Brandon/AP/TT
Scientists warn that the significant coral bleaching, which the American weather agency NOAA warned about earlier this year, has spread to several places on earth....
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Photo: C. Jones/AP/TT
An increasing number of journalists and media outlets covering climate change are subjected to various forms of physical, verbal threats, harassment, and attacks. This is...
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Photo: Marcelo Chello/AP/TT
When we talk about climate change, it is usually about warming the atmosphere and changing weather systems, but the oceans are also affected and perhaps...
Text: Lena Scherman
2023 marked the warmest year on record with unprecedented climatic extremes from sea level rise to shrinking glaciers. Discover a ray of hope amidst these...
Text: Sofia Eriksson/TT
Photo: Natacha Pisarenko/AP/TT, Matthias Schrader
The aggressive bull shark has increased sharply in a coastal area in the United States. Scientists link it to rising water temperatures – and predict...
Text: Hanna Odelfors/TT
Foto: Keith A. Ellenbogen/AP/TT
Fish behavior, toxic algae, and the role of the sea in climate. These are some of the topics that marine research can address. Diverse subjects,...
Text: Lina mattsson
Foto: Hans Berggren, Kimmo Hagman, Johan Candert, Simon Stanford
Our planet relies on the oceans as climate regulators. At the same time, the effects of our emissions are most evident in the oceans. Today,...
Text: Lina Mattsson
Photo: Kimmo Hagman, Johan Candert, Tobias Dahlin, Simon Stanford
Ringed seal pups become homeless as the Baltic Sea's ice shrinks. Now it is being tested to build caves out of plastic and plywood to...
Text: Hanna Odelfors/TT
Photo: Danny Gren, Yrkeshögskolan i Åbo, Johanna Hanno
Graphics: Anna-Lena Lindqvist/TT
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