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Southern Right Whales Are Having Fewer Calves; Scientists Say a Warming Ocean Is to Blame

After decades of recovery from commercial whaling, climate change is now threatening the whales’ future.

By Teresa Tomassoni

A southern right whale swims with its calves in the waters of the South Atlantic Ocean on Oct. 5, 2022. Southern right whales are no longer reproducing at normal rates due to climate-induced changes in Antarctica. Credit: Luis Robayo/AFP via Getty Images
Acropora corals stick out of the water during low tide on Nov. 27, 2021, in Tatakoto, French Polynesia. Credit: Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Images

US Government Is Accelerating Coral Reef Collapse, Scientists Warn

By Johnny Sturgeon

A trained team from the West Coast Large Whale Entanglement Response Program works to free an entangled gray whale off the coast of Orange County, Calif., in December 2017. Credit: West Coast Marine Mammal Stranding Network

Whale Entanglements in Fishing Gear Surge Off U.S. West Coast During Marine Heatwaves

By Teresa Tomassoni

Researcher Alyssa Gehman from the Hakai Institute counts and measures sunflower sea stars in Burke Channel on the Central Coast of British Columbia. Credit: Bennett Whitnell/Hakai Institute

Scientists Pinpoint Cause of Massive Sea Star Die-Offs, and Suspect a Link to Global Warming 

By Bob Berwyn

A woman walks along a flooded street on Nov. 2 in Valencia, Spain, after heavy rain hit large parts of the country. Scientists attributed the unprecedented flooding event to the rise in global average temperatures. Credit: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images

What the Earth’s Recent Heat Uptick Could Mean for the Climate Fight

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

A member of the Coral Restoration Foundation brings up threatened coral transplants from the Florida Keys waters for safe keeping on land during a marine heatwave on July 24, 2023 near Islamorada, Florida. Credit: Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

New Federal Report Details More of 2023’s Extreme Climate Conditions

By Bob Berwyn

The World’s Sharks Face a Gauntlet of Threats From Marine Heatwaves—and ‘Coldwaves,’ Scientists Say

By Kiley Price

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