This influx of heat is occurring at the same time as sea levels are rising ever more rapidly and ocean acidification continues, reports the British newspaper The Guardian. The amount of heat is equivalent to 40 times the annual global energy consumption.
The desert nation of Namibia, located on the Atlantic coast of southern Africa, has literally plunged into the so-called “blue economy.” With massive farms of giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, the country is on its way to becoming a major exporter of seaweed-derived products. The industry provides jobs and also serves as a carbon sink.
Greenland and Antarctica have lost 11.3 trillion tonnes of ice since the 1970s. This has raised global sea levels by more than three centimetres, according to a new study.
The sperm whale, the world’s largest toothed whale, has the largest brain on Earth. It also produces complex clicks which, according to a new study, resemble human speech. The study, published in the *Proceedings of the Royal Society*, is based on analyses of recordings made of sperm whales in the waters off the island of […]
Western Europe is experiencing its hottest summer to date, and the sea has never been warmer during the month of July.In Western Europe, a persistent high-pressure system has made the period from June to July the hottest on record, according to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. The heat is exacerbated by dry ground, which […]
Invasive species from the Strait of Hormuz could cause “super-spread” and biological chaos, researchers warn in a new study. ´If you’d set out to design the worst-case scenario, I’m not sure you could have done any better,´ the lead author tells The Guardian. The 1,500 cargo ships that have been stranded in the Strait of […]
Humanity has now used up the Earth’s renewable resources for this year. 30 July marks this year’s ‘Earth Overshoot Day’. We are currently using nature’s resources 73 per cent faster than the Earth’s ecosystems can recover – a rate that would require us to have 1.73 Earths, according to the Global Footprint Network, which carries […]
In an opinion piece recently published in the swedish daily newspaper, Svenska Dagbladet, Johan Rockström, Professor of Earth System Science, and his colleague Wendy Broadgate, PhD in Marine Chemistry, describe the importance of the Swedish Government drawing up a contingency plan as a matter of urgency in the event that the AMOC ocean current system […]
Seals, sea lions and walruses have unique hearing abilities – they are the only mammals that can hear well both in water and in air. How this works has been clarified in a study that also reveals when this ability first emerged. The study, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, was carried out by […]
Our carbon dioxide emissions are causing the world’s oceans to become increasingly acidic. Researchers have now discovered unexpected side effects of this in octopuses – their brains are shrinking dramatically. It is well known that, in the long term, ocean acidification could lead to what are essentially catastrophic conditions for many marine organisms. At present, […]
The information on the new platform http://www.climate.us is based on data from the formerly popular federal website Climate.gov, which was run by NOAA. (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) One of the government agencies that has seen its budget drastically cut since Donald Trump returned to power in January 2025.
