marine heatwaves

Seabed Carbon Risks: What Our Evidence Shows

Fishing boat crashing through rough waves

A new technical briefing reviews the latest evidence on how trawling, other human activities and climate change affect seabed carbon.

Turning up the heat: Advancing UK science to better predict and respond to marine heatwaves

By John Pinnegar, Director of the International Marine Climate Change Centre, Cefas and Caroline Rowland, Head of Oceans, Cryosphere and Dangerous Climate Change, Met Office. In 2023 and 2024, global air temperatures reached unprecedented levels, with 2023 being officially the …