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The climate science behind 2026’s super El Niño.
Cooler ocean temperatures east of the islands typically keep major hurricanes away, but El Niño is helping fuel this year’s risks.
Retrospectives on Yayoi Kusama often point to mental illness as the source of her inspiration. But before she made it big, she was a young girl inspired by traveling the world for the first time.
Defunding marine monitoring networks could jeopardise efforts to avoid losing track of the world’s oceans and their precious ecosystems, which drive the blue economy.
In the past, the gray whale population recovered fairly quickly. But data on baby whales show that isn’t happening, and a new study finds an alarmingly high mortality rate.
Expediency with industrial development carries real environmental risks for salmon unless matched by corresponding investment in mitigation and monitoring.
The deep ocean is not a silent, static place – it’s active, connected to the oceans above and always changing.
Researchers have known for centuries that some fish make sounds. Now, using special underwater acoustics, researchers have been able to identify sounds from eight different species.
The loss of one iconic species, sunflower sea stars, unleashed a voracious eater of seagrass habitats and upended the coastal ecosystem. But the response has opened new business opportunities.
The multi-year heat wave nicknamed ‘The Blob’ impacted thousands of kilometres of marine ecosystems from Alaska to Baja California.
The term can be traced back to the 1920s, but it only began to gain currency in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Moderate changes over millennia are being sped up by emissions from burning fossil fuels.
Companies are preparing to move forward with seabed mining, but a method for gathering critical minerals from the seafloor would create sediment plumes in the water column where many creatures live.
There seems to be too much of a radioactive element in rocks deep in the Pacific Ocean – how did it get there 10 million years ago?
Signs of this potential La Niña are emerging fairly late. But new research may help make predictions earlier.
Our work shows the ocean around Fiji is the hottest it has been in at least the past 653 years.
Global ocean temperatures have been at record highs almost daily for over a year, and economies are feeling the heat.
After an eight-year hiatus due to COVID, ‘FestPAC’ is back. With its unique combination of song, dance, history and politics, this year’s festival in Hawai'i is more relevant than ever.
After a year of record-breaking global heat with El Niño, will La Niña bring a reprieve? That depends on where you live and how you feel about hurricanes.
Top contributors
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ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, University of Victoria
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Forrest Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Tampa
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Distinguished Scholar, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Affiliate Faculty, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Lecturer, Climate Science Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Geography, School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Professor of Coastal Oceanography, The University of Western Australia
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Chief Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO, CSIRO
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Honorary Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Ornithology, Charles Sturt University
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Science Fellow, Met Office Hadley Centre
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Professor of Water Futures, University of Technology Sydney