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Warning: Earth’s Water System out of Balance (TT)

More chaotic weather conditions are ahead. Last year, heatwaves caused the world's rivers to reach their lowest levels in 33 years, while other parts of...
Text: Gustav Sjöholm/TT
Photo: Edmar Barros/AP/TT
Graphics: Anders Humlebo/TT

“The Earth Rang Like a Bell” – Nine Days in a Row (TT)

An unexplained hum puzzled seismologists around the world - who joined forces to solve the mystery. Climate change was the triggering factor, according to the...
Text: Sofia Eriksson/TT
Photo: Søren Rysgaard/Danish military, Pontus Lundahl/TT

Guterres cries SOS on rising seas

Rising sea levels are a looming disaster that risks hitting Pacific island nations particularly hard. This is the message from UN Secretary-General António Guterres at...
Text: TT/Nyhetsbyrån
Photo: Charlotte Graham-McLay/AP/TT

How a Small Island Nation Hopes to Win the Battle for its Survival

A small Pacific island nation has pushed for the world's highest court to rule on states' climate change obligations. It is described as an important...
Text: Sofia Eriksson/TT
Photo: Nick Perry/AP/TT

Warmer Seas Kills Sharks’ Eggs

Warmer seawater combined with acidification could pose a major threat to ocean sharks. Their eggs develop much more poorly, leading to the death of the...
Text: Roland Johansson/TT
Photo: Björn Larsson Rosvall/TT, Noémie Coulon/TT
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Turtle Rehab

Every year we're seeing more and more turtle stranding partially because of an increase in awareness but also because there are more extreme weather events,...
Reportage: Jason Boswell
Photo/editing: Jason Boswell
Foto: Two Oceans Aquarium: mass stranding, Devin Trull / Two Oceans Aquarium

Coral Expert: They are Tough and Will Surprise Us

They have been blown up in nuclear tests and poisoned when people fished with cyanide. However, the absolute biggest threat to the future of coral...
Text: Sofia Eriksson/TT
Photo: Claudio Bresciani/TT, Jim Maragos/AP/TT, Andrew Ibarra/NOAA/TT, David Wood/TT, Adam Ihse/TT
Graphics: Anders Humlebo/TT

Mangrove Swamps are Collapsing

More than half of the world's mangrove forests are at risk of collapse - which would have major consequences for both people and the climate,...
Text: Hanna Odelfors/TT/News Agency
Photo: Alex Brandon/AP/TT

Coral Bleaching is Spreading Around the World

Scientists warn that the significant coral bleaching, which the American weather agency NOAA warned about earlier this year, has spread to several places on earth....
Text: TT/news Agency
Photo: C. Jones/AP/TT

Attacks against climate journalists are increasing

An increasing number of journalists and media outlets covering climate change are subjected to various forms of physical, verbal threats, harassment, and attacks. This is...
Text: TT/News agency
Photo: Marcelo Chello/AP/TT

Octopuses Lose Vision – When the Ocean Gets Warmer

When we talk about climate change, it is usually about warming the atmosphere and changing weather systems, but the oceans are also affected and perhaps...
Text: Lena Scherman

Six gloomy climate records – and one glimmer of hope

2023 marked the warmest year on record with unprecedented climatic extremes from sea level rise to shrinking glaciers. Discover a ray of hope amidst these...
Text: Sofia Eriksson/TT
Photo: Natacha Pisarenko/AP/TT, Matthias Schrader

Unexpected increase in shark numbers – ‘fantastic fun’

The aggressive bull shark has increased sharply in a coastal area in the United States. Scientists link it to rising water temperatures – and predict...
Text: Hanna Odelfors/TT
Foto: Keith A. Ellenbogen/AP/TT

Understanding Marine Research

Fish behavior, toxic algae, and the role of the sea in climate. These are some of the topics that marine research can address. Diverse subjects,...
Text: Lina mattsson
Foto: Hans Berggren, Kimmo Hagman, Johan Candert, Simon Stanford

Climate and Environment

Our planet relies on the oceans as climate regulators. At the same time, the effects of our emissions are most evident in the oceans. Today,...
Text: Lina Mattsson
Photo: Kimmo Hagman, Johan Candert, Tobias Dahlin, Simon Stanford

Plastic caves will save seal pups in the Baltic Sea

Ringed seal pups become homeless as the Baltic Sea's ice shrinks. Now it is being tested to build caves out of plastic and plywood to...
Text: Hanna Odelfors/TT
Photo: Danny Gren, Yrkeshögskolan i Åbo, Johanna Hanno
Graphics: Anna-Lena Lindqvist/TT

Famine and storms behind sudden bird deaths

Hundreds of guillemots have been found dead along the west coast. A harsher climate and overfishing seem to be the cause of the birds starving...
Text: TT/Nyhetsbyrån
Photo: Roland Johansson/TT

Polar bears are at risk of starving to death as the climate warms

When the polar bears are forced to spend more time on land than on the ice, the risk of them starving to death increases, a...
Text: Lena Scherman
Photo: Simon Stanford/Deep Sea Reporter

The Greenland ice sheet is melting faster than scientists previously thought

Grönland tappar närmare 30 miljoner ton is – varje timme. Enligt forskarna bakom en ny studie kan det innebära att Grönlands istäcke har nått en...
Text: Paulina Sörlin/TT
Photo: Martina Holmberg/TT

The sea – one of the most important issues in Davos

Awareness of the sea's importance to the planet has penetrated the finest salons. The World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos brings together some of the...
Text: Peter Löfgren
Photo: Johan Candert
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Ocean Devotion: Mie Winding

Mie's research focuses on the evolutionary and behavioral ecology of marine zooplankton. Despite their microscopic size and remote habitat, Mie aims to enhance our understanding...
Reportage: Simon Stanford
Photo: Simon Stanford, Göran Ehlmé
Editing: Alexandre Gobatti Ramos

Australia becomes climate sanctuary for island nation

Citizens of the tiny Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, which is at risk of sinking under the sea, will be granted "special rights" to live...
Text: TT/Nyhetsbyrån
Photo: Alastair Grant /AP/TT

The World’s Coastal Cities are at Risk

Many of the world's coastal cities are not at all prepared to cope with changing weather conditions. This is stated by an international research group...
text: Petra Hedbom/TT
Photo: Jason Lee/AP/TT

Scientists are Raising the Alarm about Antarctica’s Shrinking Sea Ice

The sea ice around Antarctica is decreasing and is significantly less than what is normal for the month of September....
Text: TT News Agency
Photo: Tore Meek/NTB/TT
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