From The Guardian 21st February 2014: Vast tracts of Australia’s coastline have been denuded of large fish, with marine life under pressure from climate change, over-fishing, pollution and invasive species, a year-long study has found. The reef life survey, undertaken by volunteer divers along the entire Australian coastline, took in reefs up to 400 nautical […]
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- Large fish have disappeared from vast tracts of Australian coast
- Arctic summer sea ice thicker and more extensive in 2013 compared to recent years
- Magellanic and Adelie penguins experiencing pressure “due to climate change”
- “Greenland is now at the heart of 21st century geopolitics” says Greenland PM
- Speculation by scientists that the Gulf Stream could be weakening
- Continuing evidence of “climate change” affecting UK seas
- Scottish government criticised for failure in its “climate and wildlife policies”
- Independent professional panel says health of oceans is “declining fast”
- Rising levels of acidity in the oceans is worrisome and “potentially catastrophic”
- Global sea levels fell in 2010 and 2011. Why?
- Marine life migrating to the Poles and cooler waters, probably due to climate change
- Arctic summer sea ice now 54% less than it was in 1980
- Arctic ice thaw is an “economic timebomb”
- Australia’s Great Barrier Reef could be on the “danger list”
- Legacy of the great sea flood of 1953
- Global warming expands Antarctic sea ice
- Oceans could be temporarily absorbing global warming, suggest scientists
- Petition – Michael Gove: Keep Climate Change in the Curriculum
- Ships predicted to take direct route across the North Pole by 2050, say scientists
- Prof. Callum Roberts outlines the urgent task the new Global Ocean Commission must tackle
BBC News reports, 16th December 2013: “The bounce back in the extent of sea ice in the Arctic this summer was reflected also in the volume of ice. Data from Europe’s Cryosat spacecraft suggests there were almost 9,000 cu km of ice at the end of this year’s melt season. This is close to 50% […]
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The Guardian reports, 30th January 2014: “Penguins are in peril because of extreme environmental conditions linked to climate change, research has shown. Two new studies highlight the plight of penguin colonies trying to cope with the effects of global warming in Argentina and Antarctica. At both locations, the beguiling birds face an uncertain future. Climate […]
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The Guardian reports, 23rd January 2014: “Climate change, says Aleqa Hammond, Greenland’s Prime Minister, is placing Greenland at the heart of 21st century geopolitics. As the ice retreats, it is moving from being a non-player in global affairs to the centre of a new international resource rush. “Climate change and this resultant new industrialisation brings […]
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The Guardian reports, 20th January 2014: “The UK’s run of rain-drenched summers could be ended by a slow-down in major Atlantic currents which bring warm, wet air to Europe, according to research. The currents were known to have weakened since 2004 but the new work suggests the trend began in the 1990s and shows no […]
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The Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP, see membership listed below) has published, 28th November 2013, its latest “report card” which seeks to assess how climate change is affecting UK seas. Their press release states: ” For the first time, Arctic sea-ice coverage is considered by the report’s authors. A long-term decline is clearly apparent, […]
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The Guardian reports, 28th October 2013: “Alex Salmond’s government is failing to live up to many of its ambitious promises on climate change and protecting Scotland’s natural heritage, a study has concluded. The report by the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) said that the Scottish government’s efforts to set new standards on climate and […]
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BBC News, 3rd October, 2013, reports: “The health of the world’s oceans is deteriorating even faster than had previously been thought, a report says. A review from the International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO), warns that the oceans are facing multiple threats. They are being heated by climate change, turned slowly less […]
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The Guardian reports, 25th August 2013: “Rapidly rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are causing a potential catastrophe in our oceans as they become more acidic, scientists have warned. Hans Poertner, professor of marine biology at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany, and co-author of a new study of the phenomenon, told the Guardian: […]
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The Guardian reports, 23rd August 2013, “Rain — in effect, evaporated ocean — fell in such colossal quantities during the Australian floods in 2010 and 2011 that the world’s sea levels actually dropped by as much as 7mm. “Rainwater normally runs swiftly off continental mountain ranges, pours down rivers, collects in aquifers and lakes and […]
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The Guardian reports, 5th August 2013: “Rising ocean temperatures are rearranging the biological make-up of our oceans, pushing species towards the poles by 7kms every year, as they chase the climates they can survive in, according to new research. The study, conducted by a working group of scientists from 17 different institutions, gathered data from […]
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The Guardian reports, 6th August 2013: “The Arctic lost record amounts of sea ice last year and is changing at an unprecedented pace due to climate change Last year was among the 10 warmest years on record — ranking eighth or ninth depending on the data set, according to a report led by the National […]
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The Guardian reports, 6th August 2013: “Rapid thawing of the Arctic could trigger a catastrophic “economic time bomb” which would cost trillions of dollars and undermine the global financial system, say a group of economists and polar scientists. “Governments and industry have expected the widespread warming of the Arctic region in the past 20 years […]
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It might be regarded as some sort of sick joke that the Great Barrier Reef happens to nestle beside the heart of Australia’s fossil fuel export boom. When the coal ships leave the Queensland ports, the two become one as the captains make passage through the 2300 kilometre/1430 mile-long reef – the world’s largest. Now […]
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It was exactly sixty years ago, in 1953, following the great North Sea Surge when the East Anglian dune defence system was broken through and three hundred people drowned. The government of the day resolved ‘never again’ and promptly set to work installing defences. But they had said the same thing following the 1938 Horsey […]
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In a polar paradox, melting land ice helps sea ice to grow. Ocean warming may be a major driver of sea-ice expansion in the Antarctic, researchers report today in Nature Geoscience. While sea ice at the North Pole has shrunk substantially over the past three decades, scientists have struggled to explain why sea ice near […]
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Reuters News Agency reports, 7th April 2013 : Climate change could get worse quickly if huge amounts of extra heat absorbed by the oceans are released back into the air, scientists said after unveiling new research showing that oceans have helped mitigate the effects of warming since 2000. Heat-trapping gases are being emitted into the […]
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From Esha, aged 15 Geography has always been my favourite subject at school. Volcanoes, globalisation, development, you name it. It has inspired me to realise that not only is the earth a beautiful place, but one that is in desperate need of our help. Now the Government wants to remove the study of climate change […]
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Ships should be able to sail directly over the North Pole by the middle of this century, considerably reducing the costs of trade between Europe and China but posing new economic, strategic and environmental challenges for governments, according to scientists. The dramatic reduction in the thickness and extent of late summer sea ice that has […]
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Prof. Callum Roberts writes in The Observer, 10th February 2013: “The oceans are changing faster today and in more ways than at any time in human history. We are the cause. Which is why I welcome the launch of the Global Ocean Commission, dedicated to ending the neglect, in international affairs, of the high seas. […]
