Extraordinary marine heatwave in North Atlantic Ocean may continue throughout 2023

The month of May this year witnessed the highest sea surface temperature since 1850

Rising sea levels could force marine life towards poles

Such a move could put sea creatures at extreme peril

A large, large catchment

Pacific and the Atlantic oceans: key controllers of monsoons

On the brink: Is it too late to fix damage to climate systems?

Giant ice sheets, ocean currents and permafrost regions may have already passed the point of irreversible change. Most other crucial climate …

Global Eco Watch: Atlantic Salmon returning to Maine river after dam removals

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The ‘Gulf Stream’ will not collapse in 2025: What the alarmist headlines got wrong

It is well known that climate anxiety is fuelled by media messaging about the looming climate crisis

Is the global warming ‘hiatus’ over?

There are many ongoing signs that the planet is heating up, even “on fire.”

Storm in the pond: 5 brew in Atlantic — only the 2nd time

Peak Atlantic hurricane season is on way, and scientists may run out of names 

Titanic submersible: Titan search-and-rescue effort shows risky undertakings need to consider potential rescue needs

Many conventional risk assessments do not pay sufficient attention to available emergency response capacities

The southern connection

Building up of ice sheets in the far north might be due to strong currents in the South Atlantic

Earth’s natural cooling process offset global warming in past decade

No reason to become complacent in the fight against climate change, warn researchers

Earth’s natural cooling process offset global warming in past decade

No reason to become complacent in the fight against climate change, warn researchers

Did 2015 make us more climate wise?

Last year, weather records were broken left, right and centre all over the world as the world witnessed cold waves, heat waves, droughts, …

Beware of Obama's trade agenda

Can we trust Arvind Subramanian not to push for the kind of concessions the US will be demanding from India?

Fierce and frequent: What causes rapid intensification of cyclones?

Lack of understanding of transition from a seedling, like a low-pressure system to a tropical storm or cyclone, limits extending …

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Japan leads opposition to establishing marine sanctuary for whales

Proposal for a sanctuary in the South Atlantic Ocean has been repeatedly submitted to the International Whaling Commission in recent years, but …

Atlantic cooling may be temporary respite

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Killing dust

African dust clouds cause red tides that kill millions of fish in the Gulf of Mexico

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Is India headed towards a locust plague

Exceptional summer breeding may prompt swarms to remain in the country through end of year, move east & south

Cyclones and climate change

Some climate models predict two- to seven- fold increase in the frequency of Hurricane Katrina magnitude events for a 1°C rise in global …

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

Seas surrounding Indian peninsula score 61, lower than global average