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04 Nov 2025

MarineNews

Photo by Mael Balland   An international collaboration between fishers and researchers is creating what scientists are calling a “transformational” dataset on ocean temperatures, one that promises to improve not only fishing operations but also the forecasting of significant weather events including marine heatwaves, cyclones, La Niña and El Niño. Sensors recording water temperature and […]

28 Oct 2025

MarineNews

Study finds reefs rebounded to near pre-cyclone conditions within four years, offering hope for climate resilience Photo by Oleksandr Sushko Coral reefs in Fiji have demonstrated remarkable resilience following the devastation caused by Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Winston in 2016, rebounding to near pre-cyclone conditions within four years despite losing more than half of their […]

23 Oct 2025

NewsWater

Image description: High flooding outside the Old White Horse Brasserie, Old Main Street, Bingley, UK. Image by Chris Gallagher / Unsplash   The UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) is urging Minister Emma Hardy to take immediate action to strengthen national defences against the growing impacts of climate change – particularly addressing mounting risks to the […]

21 Oct 2025

MarineNews

Photo by Oleks Film   The world’s oceans are losing their greenness owing to global heating, according to a study that suggests the planet’s capacity to absorb carbon dioxide could be weakening. The change is caused by a decline of phytoplankton, the tiny marine organisms responsible for nearly half of the biosphere’s productivity. The findings, […]

23 Sep 2025

MarineNews

Photo by Ernests Vaga   The International Court of Justice has delivered a landmark ruling protecting the maritime borders and sovereignty of small island nations facing existential threats from sea level rise. In a unanimous advisory opinion issued on 23 July 2025, the UN’s highest court concluded that rising sea levels caused by climate change do not […]

16 Sep 2025

MarineNews

Photo by Angel Silva   Scientists have reported the first recorded collapse of Panama’s seasonal ocean upwelling, a natural process that has sustained marine life and coastal communities in the tropical Pacific for decades. Upwelling events occur when winds drive surface waters away from the coast, allowing cooler, nutrient-rich waters to rise and fertilise the upper ocean. […]

02 Sep 2025

MarineNews

Photo by NASA   A massive toxic algal bloom has killed hundreds of marine species across South Australia’s coastline, prompting Premier Peter Malinauskas to declare it a “natural disaster” – the first of its kind in the country’s history. Unprecedented scale The harmful algal bloom, dominated by Karenia mikimotoi, has devastated marine ecosystems since March 2025. Spanning over 4,500 […]

28 Aug 2025

NewsWater

Image description: sunset over a peat bog in the Scottish Highlands. Image by  K B / Unsplash    To improve our understanding of the conditions needed to restore peatlands, Professor Graeme Swindles from the School of Natural and Built Environment at Queen’s University has been leading a team to calculate peat accumulation rates over the […]