Weak self-induced cooling of tropical cyclones amid fast sea surface warming
Ocean University of China
Published: 8 January 2026
Using global drifter data, OUC researchers found that tropical cyclone inner-core cooling is far weaker than satellite estimates suggest, while storm-local SSTs are rising at twice the regional average -- implying future TC intensity may be underestimated.
Keywords: tropical cyclones, sea surface temperature, ocean warming, physical oceanography, climate prediction, Nature Geoscience
Benefits and risks for marine life from CO2 removal approaches
University of Tasmania Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)
Published: 20 January 2026
IMAS researchers analyzed how different marine climate engineering methods -- from ocean alkalinity enhancement to iron fertilization -- could alter ocean chemistry and reshape marine ecosystems, finding that no approach is free of ecological consequences.
Keywords: climate engineering, carbon dioxide removal, ocean alkalinity, marine ecosystems, iron fertilization, Southern Ocean
The future Barents Sea: A synthesis of physical, biogeochemical, and ecological changes toward 2050 and 2100
University of Bergen
Published: 14 February 2026
A major synthesis led by University of Bergen researchers projects that the Barents Sea will become warmer, less ice-covered, more acidic and more productive, with fish populations shifting northward under both moderate and high-emission scenarios.
Keywords: Barents Sea, Arctic, climate change, ocean acidification, marine ecosystems, fish migration, sea ice decline
