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Oceans report card: Global ocean health scores 67 out of 100

Seas surrounding Indian peninsula score 61, lower than global average

NASA eyes warm sea surface

EU tightens rule to protect tuna

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Atlantic is headed for a tipping point − once melting glaciers shut down Gulf Stream, we would see extreme climate change within decades, study shows

It might seem counterintuitive to worry about extreme cold as the planet warms, but if the main Atlantic Ocean circulation shuts down from too …

How climate change is messing up the ocean’s biological clock, with unknown long-term consequences

Phytoplankton blooms are, in some aspects, metronomes of the annual oceanic cycles around which many species’ biological clocks are synced …

On the precipice

A collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation may put other climate systems at risk

Climate crisis is already affecting the Brazilian Amazon

The population of pink dolphins in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, fell by 65 per cent between 1994 and 2016; dolphins …

The Atlantic is at risk of circulation collapse – it would mean even greater climate chaos across Europe

The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation is a key reason why Europe’s climate has been stable for thousands of years

Atlantic hurricane season 2023: El Nino and extreme Atlantic Ocean heat are about to clash

The Atlantic Coast should be rooting for El Niño to develop as forecast, since such events often reduce hurricane impacts there

South Africa’s massive ‘sardine run’ leads fish into an ecological trap

One popular explanation for why the sardine run occurs is that the migration might be a relic of spawning behaviour dating back to the last …

Six tropical storms whirling over Atlantic and Pacific

The combined number of active storms has reportedly tied a modern record, set in September 1992

It’s only getting worse: New WMO report flags intensifying climate crisis in Latin America & Caribbean

2020 was a year of unprecedented heatwaves, droughts, forest fires, cyclones and food insecurity for the region  

Atlantic collapse: Q&A with scientists behind controversial study predicting a colder Europe

Physicist Peter Ditlevsen and his sister, the statistician Susanne Ditlevsen, on findings that have stirred controversy in some quarters

Disaster, opulence and the merciless ocean: Why the Titanic disaster continues to enthral

Titanic movies and exhibitions are popular because audiences enjoy the voyeurism of gazing at the ship’s beautiful furnishings, the …

Hurricane Irma: things you must know about one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes ever

For the Caribbean nations, it is bringing back the memories of Hurricane Matthew that killed more than 500 people in Haiti in 2016

Hurricane hunters are flying through Ian’s powerful winds to forecast intensity – here’s what happens when the plane plunges into the eyewall of a storm

A storm that isn’t yet fully together might have low-level circulation, a few kilometers above the ocean

La Niña is finishing an extremely unusual three-year cycle — here’s how it affected weather around the world

It’s hard to know exactly what climate change will mean for El Niños and La Niñas

Microplastic in Atlantic: Ocean lab near Bermuda Triangle

Scientists on expedition find 29 pieces of plastic, of which 23 are micro plastic, in the Atlantic Gyre

Large quartz dust particles found in the middle of the North Atlantic

The mere existence of these particles at this location cannot be explained by conventional climate change models

Hurricane Ida turned into a monster thanks to a giant warm patch in the Gulf of Mexico — here’s what happened

Edies during the hurricane season can spell disaster for coastal communities around the Gulf

Africa: The least responsible, but most vulnerable to climate change

More than 2,000 natural disasters have hit Africa since 1970 affecting 500 million people and killing 0.9 million

40th Indian scientific expedition to Antarctica launched

Apart from its scientific mission, the expedition shall carry out the humanitarian responsibility of relieving the 48-strong winter crew from …

Hurricane Dorian: A big, slow and very unpredictable storm

The Category 5 hurricane is moving at 1.5 km/hr and can hit any one out of five southern US states