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El NiΓ±o May Be Back This Summer, Bringing Drought and Floods

12 February 2026 at 15:06
The powerful weather pattern is expected to shift into gear again around June, NOAA said, though its strength this time remains a question.

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A storm in California during the last El NiΓ±o phase, in 2023. The El NiΓ±o weather pattern has far-reaching influence.

Seals Are Recruited to Study the Ocean Under Antarctic Glaciers

10 February 2026 at 09:13
The environment is changing rapidly around the melting Thwaites Glacier. Seals can collect data in waters that ships could never reach.

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The tags themselves don’t seem to bother the animals, but Ms. Cheon and Mr. Chung agreed the tagging process tugs on some complicated heartstrings.

Drilling Through the Thwaites Glacier for Clues to Its Melting

30 January 2026 at 12:59
A team hopes to place instruments in the waters beneath the colossal Thwaites Glacier, with the help of a drill that uses hot water to punch through ice.

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World’s First Treaty to Protect the High Seas Becomes Law

17 January 2026 at 07:12
Over two decades after negotiations began, the High Seas Treaty is designed to protect biodiversity in international waters by enabling conservation zones.

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The High Seas Treaty represents the first time that the vast majority of international waters, which lie outside of any country’s jurisdiction and cover nearly half the globe, can be protected.

The Scientists Making Antacids for the Sea to Help Counter Global Warming

11 January 2026 at 14:36
The world’s oceans are becoming dangerously acidic. A controversial proposal would raise the pH β€” by mixing chemicals into the water.

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Adam Subhas of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts.

The Icebreaker Araon Reaches the Thwaites Glacier

7 January 2026 at 17:36
After a 12-day crossing, and a hard slog through sea ice, the field work on this Antarctic expedition is ready to start.

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The crew of the Araon began preparing equipment after arriving in the waters in front of the Thwaites Glacier on Wednesday.
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