"When I was young, the water was clear and clean," they say. "There were lots of coral reefs and many different kinds of fish." Today, they have stopped fishing and make a living by selling handicrafts made from plastic they have found in the sea, to tourists.
Andrea is a fourth-generation fisherman. The catch now is a lot lower because of the influx of tropical species brought about by warming temperatures. As he shows us the beautiful island of Burano, he also tells us about the drastic changes he has seen there. He urges that we must act now and together before it gets too late.
Their story is about Algae Bloom and Stewardship. The Great Australian Bight is one of the world’s greatest marine centres of biodiversity. The whales are the Mirnings totem and they speak of them as their family. Elder Bunna asks us to imagine a world without whales, without creatures in the Ocean. “Mirning” means listen, learn, understand and observe for wisdom and knowledge – and they implore the leaders and people of COP to listen to the indigenous people.
Pondang tells us about how extreme weather and pollutions affects his ability to fish, and the impact of pollution on the health of the Ocean.
Friday lives in Makoko a slum area right on top of the sea in Lagos, Nigeria. For the most part Friday is happy in his day-to-day life, but he has big dreams to educate everyone in Makoko about climate change. During rainy season, many houses flood and children fall into the water - but using good bamboo could stop this from happening.
The new report from the United Nations Environment Programme, Emissions Gap Report, states that the world has so far failed to slow down climate change sufficiently. For the ocean, this means dying corals, migrating species and even higher temperatures. - Cod may abandon the North Sea and the Baltic Sea altogether, says Kerstin Johannesson, professor of marine ecology at the University of Gothenburg.
Catastrophic and life-threatening floods loom as Category 5 Hurricane Melissa reaches Jamaica. The storm is the strongest on the globe this year – and among the 20 strongest ever to form over the Atlantic.
They have been called a ‘secret weapon’ in the fight against climate change – eelgrass beds and kelp forests in the sea. They can be likened to trees in the sea that bind carbon dioxide 35 times faster than the Amazon rainforest. But they are under threat from human presence, environmental pollution and emissions.
Coral reefs have reached their limit. This is the conclusion of a new global report, which warns that most reefs will likely disappear unless powerful climate measures are taken. But in the midst of this crisis, there are places that show that recovery is possible—if nature is given a chance.
A new report by the country's intelligence chiefs states that the nation's security is threatened by the climate crisis, something that the Guardian was the first to report on. And the threat, they say, is much closer in time than we realise.
Antarctica has been relatively unaffected by climate change. However, according to a recent study, the situation on the continent is beginning to resemble that of Greenland.
All parts of the oceans are under triple attack, according to the EU's Copernicus Climate Service's major annual ocean report. ‘These changes affect us all – ecosystems, society and the economy,’ says oceanographer Karina von Schuckmann.
In June 2025, Coral reef researchers, Sylvia Jageroos and Didier Zoccola dived the coral reefs of the Bikini Atoll, observing the coral reef ecosystems, identifying corals and collecting samples. Close on 80 years after American nuclear tests devastated the Atoll, they discovered a surprisingly resilient and healthy ecosystem and will now be able to further analyse their findings to determine whether they have found coral species that are unusually resistant to the effects of climate change. Nästan 80 år efter att amerikanska kärnvapenprov ödelade atollen är det ett överraskande motståndskraftigt och friskt ekosystem de hittar. Tillbaka i labbet ska de analysera fynden för att se om de har hittat korallarter som är ovanligt motståndskraftiga mot klimatförändringarnas effekter.
Seven of the nine so-called planetary boundaries have now been exceeded. The latest is ocean acidification, which, according to a new report, has passed the limit of what is safe for marine life. And life in the sea is already feeling the effects.
One of the world's most common organisms is threatened by rising sea temperatures. The amount of the most common type of cyanobacteria (prochlorococcus) is at risk of being halved unless climate change is slowed down.
When researchers talk about ‘missing data,’ they are referring to replacing previously estimated values with actual, real values in various explanatory models. This can be particularly important in climate change models. Even though approximate values provide a good picture of future climate change, the more reliable the measurement points are, the more robust the model becomes.
A year ago, almost all the inhabitants of the island of Gardí Sugdub in Panama left, following warnings that their homes would be swallowed up by the sea. All that remains is silence and a few people. ‘I will die here,’ says 62-year-old Luciana Pérez, who has chosen to stay.
Far out on the islands of the Stockholm archipelago, Elina Thorson and her team from SVA (the Swedish National Veterinary Institute) collect samples from dead seals to find out how the seals are actually doing. The question is what impact climate change and reduced ice cover are having on their health. Better than expected, as it turns out.
Everything we do in the high sea, risks causing damage that cannot be repaired. That's what a group of leading scientists say in a recent article published in the journal Nature. They say it's damaging biodiversity, affecting the climate, and creating huge inequalities in how resources are shared. It is time, they write, that we decide to save the ocean.
Plastic, overfishing, global warming and fighting over resources. Despite several urgent problems, oceans and marine resources are the most underfunded of the UN's sustainability goals. At the ocean conference in Nice, countries will now try to agree and find funding to protect and preserve the world's oceans.
This year's salmon fishing season in Norway started on 1 June, but it has not been quite the same as usual because wild salmon are disappearing from Norwegian rivers. At a third of all fishing spots, there are so few salmon that fishing will remain closed for the entire season. ‘It has never been worse,’ says Torbjørn Forseth, senior researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research and chairman of the Scientific Council, to DN (Dagens Næringsliv).
If the Gulf Stream changes direction or stops completely, it will have devastating consequences for us in northern Europe. Perhaps these areas will become uninhabitable. But will this really happen? Danish researcher Jonas Teilmann and his team are attaching tracking devices to whales off Greenland to find out what is happening in the ocean right now.
High levels of ammonia from penguin poop may help reduce the local effects of climate change in Antarctica, according to a new study. - It was surprising to me, researcher Matthew Boyer told TT.
More than 3,500 animal species are threatened by climate change, according to a new analysis. - We are at the beginning of an existential crisis for the Earth's wildlife, says Professor William Ripple, one of the researchers behind the study.
