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35.000 morses s'échouent en Alaska, le réchauffement climatique en cause.

La mangrove victime du réchauffement en Australie.

Ces îles menacées de submersion par le réchauffement climatique.

New study confirms the oceans are warming rapidly.

A new study indicates that severe monsoon failure in the Indian subcontinent is more likely under the current global warming scenario.

Research May Also Help Determine Effects of Global Warming in the Region.

Map Shows Vast Regions of Ocean Are Warmer.

Unprecedented warm sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies were observed off the west coast of Australia in February-March 2011. Peak SST during a 2-week period were 5°C warmer than normal, causing widespread coral bleaching and fish kills. Understanding the climatic drivers of this extreme event, which we dub "Ningaloo Niño", is crucial for predicting similar events under the influence of global warming. Here we use observational data and numerical models to demonstrate that the extreme warming was mostly driven by an unseasonable surge of the poleward-flowing Leeuwin Current in austral summer, which transported anomalously warm water southward along the coast. The unusual intensification of the Leeuwin Current was forced remotely by oceanic and atmospheric teleconnections associated with the extraordinary 2010-2011 La Niña. The amplitude of the warming was boosted by both multi-decadal trends in the Pacific toward more La Niña-like conditions and intraseasonal variations in the Indian Ocean.

UM Rosenstiel School Agulhas Current study has important implications for global climate.

Arctic ice melt could trigger uncontrollable climate change at global level.

Rising sea temperatures are shaping tropical storms in southern Africa.

Massive seagrass beds in Western Australia's Shark Bay - a UNESCO World Heritage Site - haven't recovered much from the devastating heat wave of 2011, according to a new study demonstrating how certain vital ecosystems may change drastically in a warming climate.

In recent years, enormous socioeconomic damage has been wreaked by recurrent abnormal weather events around the world. The seedbed for this abnormal weather is climate variability events on a massive spatiotemporal scale - those that cover thousands of kilometers and continue over months and years. Here we will review an article featured on the cover of the November 28, 2013 issue of Nature Geoscience on research predicting how a climate variability event in the tropical Indian Ocean, known as the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), will change with global warming in the future.

The increased frequency of drought observed in eastern Africa over the last 20 years is likely to continue as long as global temperatures continue to rise, according to new research published in Climate Dynamics.

Reef 'Stress Test' Aims to Preserve Threatened Corals.

Climate Change Impacts Countered By Stricter Fisheries Management.

Climate Change Impacts Countered By Stricter Fisheries Management.

Restoring coral reefs, with some help from local fish.

Restoring coral reefs, with some help from local fish.

The Department of Fisheries says a large-scale fish kill on the Kimberley coast appears to have been a one-off, caused by warm waters and big tides.

The Department of Fisheries says a large-scale fish kill on the Kimberley coast appears to have been a one-off, caused by warm waters and big tides.

This summer's sea temperatures were the hottest on record for Australia: here's why.

This summer's sea temperatures were the hottest on record for Australia: here's why.