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red research ship next to edge of Antarctic ice

When glaciers calve: Huge underwater tsunamis found at edge of Antarctica, likely affecting ice melt

By Michael Meredith | Climate Change

The underwater Amazon: Kelp forests are crucial to the fight against climate change. Here’s how they could be saved.

By Paul Tullis | Climate Change, Investigative Reporting

Patagonian paradise lost? The environmental hazards of farming fish in a warming world

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

An photograph of microscopic ocean plants, or phytoplankton

Beware the Blob! Ocean heat waves threaten microbes that help counter global warming

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

Sea nettle jellyfish swimming at Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, CA. Credit: Photollama. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Jellyfish attack nuclear power plant. Again.

By Susan D’Agostino | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons