All you need to know about El Nino
El Niño is a local warming of surface waters which takes place in the entire equatorial zone of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean and which affects the atmospheric circulation and direction of winds
Oceans and Seas
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Tropical Pacific Ocean Acidification Occurring Much Faster Than Expected, NOAA Finds
Change is taking place in the tropical Pacific Ocean, where NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) researchers have found that carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations have increased as much
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China under pressure to contain offshore pollution
China remains under pressure to contain pollution in its offshore areas, although water quality of 95 percent of the country's territorial waters met standards in 2013, a report said on Wednesday. According
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Increased Ocean Acidification Rate Puts Polar Ecosystems at Risk
An assessment of ocean acidification, presented at the UN Climate Change Conference in Warsaw in November 2013, starkly concluded that acidity is on track to rise 170 percent by the end of this century.
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Recent intensification of wind-driven circulation in the Pacific and the ongoing warming hiatus
Despite ongoing increases in atmospheric greenhouse gases, the Earth’s global average surface air temperature has remained more or less steady since 2001. A variety of mechanisms have been proposed to
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Changes in global ocean wave heights as projected using multi-model CMIP5 simulations
Ocean surface waves can be major hazards in coastal and offshore activities. However, there exists very limited information on ocean wave behavior in response to climate change, because such information
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Impacts of climate change in the deep sea
Even the most remote deep-sea ecosystems are affected by climate change according to a study conducted by the National Oceanography Centre at the University of Southampton, UK. According to the study,
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Global warming is unpaused and stuck on fast forward, new research shows
A new paper shows that global warming has continued over the past decade, and been manifested in different ways New research by Kevin Trenberth and John Fasullo of the National Center for Atmospheric
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Assessing “dangerous climate change”: Required reduction of carbon emissions to protect young people, future generations and nature
We assess climate impacts of global warming using ongoing observations and paleoclimate data. We use Earth’s measured energy imbalance, paleoclimate data, and simple representations of the global carbon
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Microplastic ingestion decreases energy reserves in marine worms
The indiscriminate disposal of plastic to the environment is of concern. Microscopic plastic litter (<5 mm diameter; ‘microplastic’) is increasing in abundance in the marine environment, originating from