20 Jan 2026
Photo by Catherine Breslin Scientists have revealed that floating algae blooms are expanding worldwide, with artificial intelligence analysis uncovering a potential regime shift from a macroalgae-poor ocean to a macroalgae-rich ocean. Researchers at the University of South Florida and NOAA used AI to scan 1.2 million satellite images and found blooms are expanding across the ocean. […]
13 Jan 2026
Photo by Randy Laybourne The world’s oceans absorbed colossal amounts of heat in 2025, setting yet another record and fuelling more extreme weather, according to research published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. The additional 23 zettajoules absorbed represents approximately 37 years of global primary energy consumption, equivalent to more than 200 times the total […]
14 Oct 2025
Photo by NEOM The world faces a “new reality” as it reaches the first of many Earth system tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm unless humanity takes urgent action, according to a landmark report released on 13th October by the University of Exeter and international partners. The Global Tipping Points Report 2025 finds […]
07 Oct 2025
Photo by Uriel Soberanes Every part of the global ocean is now affected by the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution, according to the ninth Copernicus Ocean State Report published on 30 September 2025. “No part of the ocean is untouched by the triple planetary crisis, as pollution, biodiversity loss, […]
16 Sep 2025
Photo by Leon Rohrwild The world’s oceans absorbed around 1 billion tonnes less carbon dioxide in 2023 than expected — a drop of about 10% compared with previous years — according to new research led by ETH Zurich and published in Nature Climate Change. The team reported that record sea surface temperatures and shifting climate patterns weakened one of […]
08 Sep 2025
Photo by David Trinks Sobering projections reveal accelerating pressures Human impact on the world’s oceans will double by 2050, according to groundbreaking research published in the journal Science that provides the most comprehensive projection yet of future marine environmental pressures. The study, led by UC Santa Barbara’s National Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, reveals an […]
25 Apr 2023
Record levels of greenhouse gases have caused “planetary scale changes on land, in the ocean and in the atmosphere”, a UN agency says in a report that shows the past eight years were the hottest ever recorded on Earth. Global sea levels are rising at more than double the pace they did in the first […]
29 Sep 2019
Global warming has already reached 1°C above the pre-industrial level, due to past and current greenhouse gas emissions. There is overwhelming evidence that this is resulting in profound consequences for ecosystems and people. The ocean is warmer, more acidic and less productive. Melting glaciers and ice sheets are causing sea level rise, and coastal extreme […]
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