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21 May 2026

NewsWater

Image description: A green wooden barrel storing rainwater, surrounded by grass. Image credit Rudy and Peter Skitterians from Pixabay.   England faces a critical water security crisis unless the government fundamentally transforms how it stores, manages, and reuses water resources. A newly published cross-party report from the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee warns that […]

18 May 2026

MarineNews

Photo by Vivek Doshi   Forecasters are sounding the alarm over the possible development of one of the strongest El Niño events in recorded history, with ocean temperatures already at near-record levels and rapidly evolving Pacific conditions pointing toward a potentially catastrophic event by late 2026. The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service has recorded extrapolar […]

28 Apr 2026

MarineNews

Photo by Gustavo Zambelli   A large and persistent marine heatwave is intensifying across the northeast Pacific Ocean, raising concerns among scientists about ecosystem disruption along the US West Coast – and forecasters warn that global marine heatwave coverage is on course to reach record levels by the end of the year. The heatwave has […]

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 […]

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. […]

18 Apr 2016

News

The phenomenon of coral bleaching has been known for many years, however, the scale of the effects of the current El Nino warming has taken observers by surprise. The sheer geographic scale of this event and its clear visual impact are extremely worrying. This is ecosystem scale effect of climate change that many have predicted. […]