Already, anglers are seeing changes. During last summer’s heat wave, Grosell found mahi hiding far below the surface in cooler waters. During their August outing, the Gulf Stream hovered just above a steamy 88 degrees.

Moderate to exceptional drought covers 25.2% of the United States, an increase from last week’s 23.4%.

Cold-adapted species like snow crab are well suited to Arctic conditions. However, when the ecosystem shifts to sub-arctic conditions that are less conducive to snow crab survival…

A scorching hot day in Alaska’s Arctic set multiple records on Tuesday. At Deadhorse, the industrial camp community next to the Prudhoe Bay oil field, the temperature hit 89 degrees. It was not only an all-time high for Deadhorse but appears to be the highest temperature ever recorded at any site above 70 degrees latitude in […]

Historic heatwaves with temperatures exceeding the 40°C threshold daily are the most intense across the Balkan peninsula and Eastern Europe. Mediterranean region seas are also becoming hot, reaching 30 °C in places. According to the forecasts of the global weather models, temperatures throughout July will remain much above average across Southern and Eastern Europe.

Once thought to be the concerns of surface level layers of the ocean, headlines over the past week indicate that ocean acidification is now sinking into marine regions as deep as 1,500 metres – posing new threats to the marine life.