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sea surface temperature
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Reef relief: how a late summer monsoon helped cool the Great Barrier Reef at just the right time
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is a true natural wonder: a unique and diverse underwater seascape the size of…
Sea turtles diving through the eye of the storm help develop better cyclone forecasts
Christopher Chapman, UNSW Sydney; Clive McMahon, Sydney Institute of Marine Science, and Rob Harcourt, Macquarie University Every summer,…
Europe is battling a record‑breaking heatwave. What’s making it so severe?
Andrew B. Watkins, Monash University Sweltering temperatures are shattering records across Europe, as the continent battles a deadly…
Two decades of research show Indonesia’s coral reefs are heat‑tolerant — but only up to a point
Tries Blandine Razak, IPB University Indonesia is home to the world’s largest and most biodiverse coral reef system,…
The Mediterranean sea is capable of generating hurricanes and climate change will make them worse
Emmanouil Flaounas, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and Davide Faranda, Université Paris-Saclay In March 2026, a tropical-like…
Safe no more: off-the-charts marine heat has severely damaged Ningaloo and other pristine coral reefs
Safe no more: off-the-charts marine heat has severely damaged Ningaloo and other pristine coral reefs James Paton Gilmour, Australian…
Study confirms slowing circulation is cooling the North Atlantic
New research confirms that the mysterious "warming hole" in the North Atlantic is caused by a long-term slowdown of the ocean's critical conveyor-belt-like circulation system, a finding with significant implications for global climate.