In Egypt"s Red Sea, corals fade as oceans warm
Standing on a boat bobbing gently in the Red Sea, Egyptian diving instructor Mohamed Abdelaziz looks on as tourists snorkel amid the brilliantly coloured corals, a natural wonder now under threat from climate change......»»
In the Florida Keys, record ocean temps spark scramble to save dying corals
Cynthia Lewis carefully pulled back the lid covering a 240-gallon tank......»»
Oceans are growing hotter, triggering global weather disasters
Heat searing enough to knock out mobile phones. Wildfire smoke that turns the skies an apocalyptic orange. Flash floods submerging towns in upstate New York and Vermont......»»
Corals reveal 100-year warming history of the Pacific Ocean
Earth's oceans are a complex system of interconnected transport highways for heat, nutrients and the transfer of carbon dioxide between the atmosphere and sea. Meridional overturning circulation is the process by which these key components move from.....»»
Global warming will cause more multiyear La Niña events, study finds
Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the Earth's most consequential interannual climate fluctuation. Alternating irregularly between warm El Niño and cold La Niña phases, it brings shifts in ocean surface temperature and disrupts wind and rainfall patter.....»»
Mercedes vehicles aboard cargo ship ablaze off Dutch coast
A EV may have started a fire aboard a large cargo ship on route from Germany to Egypt. One of the 23 crew members died and several were injured......»»
Advanced imaging technology helps monitor baby corals on Great Barrier Reef
Keeping a watchful eye on newly settled corals at submillimeter scale on the Great Barrier Reef is now much easier, with Southern Cross University and CSIRO successfully using underwater macrophotogrammetry for the first time......»»
Better energy harvesting with "law-breaking" device
If you take an object and set it out in the sun, it will begin to warm up. This is because it is absorbing energy from the sun's rays and converting that energy to heat. If you leave that object outside, it will continue getting warmer, but only to a.....»»
Could the law of the sea be used to protect small island states from climate change?
Climate change will wreak havoc on small island developing states in the Pacific and elsewhere. Some will be swamped by rising seas. These communities also face more extreme weather, increasingly acidic oceans, coral bleaching and harm to fisheries......»»
Space geodetic observations help reveal variations in Earth"s surface loads
Motion of the Earth's surface mass, including the atmosphere and oceans as well as hydrology and glacier melting, causes the redistribution of Earth's surface loads, deformation of the solid Earth, and variations in the gravity field......»»
The UK is still not prepared for extreme temperatures—here"s what it should do
While massive heatwaves are affecting southern Europe, China, the US and many other places, it's rainy and not particularly warm in the UK. But that doesn't mean there's no risk of intense heat: on this exact week last year, the UK broke 40°C for th.....»»
How sea-ice anomalies in the Barents–Kara Sea are modulated by the "warm Arctic–cold Eurasia" pattern
"Warm Arctic—cold Eurasia" is one of the most significant patterns of winter climate system changes in the mid-high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. In winter 2020/21, this large-scale pattern underwent a significant and intense subseasonal re.....»»
Scientists discover filter-feeding basking sharks are warm-bodied like great whites
Approximately 99.9% of fish and shark species are "cold-blooded," meaning their body tissues generally match the temperature of the water they swim in—but researchers have just discovered the mighty basking shark is a one-in-a-thousand exception. I.....»»
Some corals may survive climate change without paying a metabolic price, scientists suggest
If, as the saying goes, "nothing in life is free," then corals might pay a price for being resilient to climate change. Indeed, the prevailing belief among scientists has been that corals must suffer reduced growth or other tradeoffs when they partne.....»»
Study challenges assumption that higher oxygen levels led to rise of multicellular organisms in Earth"s oceans
Oxygen didn't catalyze the swift blossoming of Earth's first multicellular organisms. The results of a new study defy a 70-year-old assumption about what caused an explosion of oceanic fauna hundreds of millions of years ago......»»
Climate Change Is Changing the Color of the Ocean
The world’s oceans are becoming greener with climate change, possibly because of changing amounts of plankton or other organic material in the water.....»»
How fish evolved their bony, scaly armor
About 350 million years ago, your evolutionary ancestors—and the ancestors of all modern vertebrates—were merely soft-bodied animals living in the oceans. In order to survive and evolve to become what we are today, these animals needed to gain so.....»»
"Humanity"s signature": study finds plastic pollution in the world"s lakes can be worse than in oceans
A world-first study has found concentrations of plastics in some lakes are higher than in the most contaminated parts of oceans, demonstrating the extent to which plastics have invaded Earth's ecosystems......»»
Cicadas could hold the secret to self-cleaning surfaces—new study
Nature is inspiring scientists all the time. Some ideas are still in research, like beaver-inspired super-warm wetsuits. But others are already part of human life, like Velcro (based on burdock burrs) and the Japanese bullet train (modeled on kingfis.....»»
The Sims 4: Horse Ranch expansion is a warm slice of Western charm
The Sims 4: Horse Ranch delivers a Western-soaked world where players can get busy ranching and training and riding horses......»»
When charities engage in "brand activism", research shows they must demonstrate bravery to attract donations
Charities often rely on "warm and fuzzy" images and "poverty porn" tactics to attract donations. But in recent years, some UK not-for-profits have shifted towards activism-driven campaigns......»»