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Millions of people and billions of dollars depend on healthy oceans, but human actions create complex interactions that endanger oceans

The use of poor-quality coal in Chinese power plants means that the carbon dioxide emissions of the world’s biggest polluter are 10% less than previously thought.

Many countries that promised to cut GHG emissions under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol are now exceeding their targets, bringing new hope for success at the Paris climate talks.

New targets set by the US for cutting carbon emissions send a clear signal to the rest of the world and raise hopes for a global agreement on tackling climate change.

The opening up of waters north of Siberia as Arctic ice melts will change world trade patterns by cutting a third off distances between north-west Europe and the Far East.

The Clean Power Plan establishes the first-ever national standards to limit carbon pollution from power plants

Greenhouse-gas emissions from human activities do not only cause rapid warming of the seas, but also ocean acidification at an unprecedented rate.

As scientists seek to explain the apparent slowing in global warming this century, the future seems clear: without a huge cut in emissions, there’s hotter times ahead.