Climate scientist, palaeoclimatologist, marine geologist and ageing marathon runner. Prof. @ Cardiff University, views are my own, #FirstGen, He/Him 🏴🇪🇺
Ian Hall
"Argo Floats, Research Vessels, Moored Buoys, Underwater Gliders...each platform answers questions the others cannot."
"More than climate monitoring...data are used for weather and harvest forecasts, cyclone tracking, marine heatwave warnings, sea-level projections..." 🧪🌊🦑
🌊 Ocean monitoring is in trouble: without the US, it’s up to Europe and Asia to avoid losing sight of the world’s deep‑sea ecosystems
theconversation.com/ocean-monito...
🌊 An early-season marine heatwave is spreading across the Atlantic and Mediterranean.
Some coastal waters near France and parts of the western Mediterranean are running more than 5°C above normal for this time of year.
Summer hasn’t even started yet.
🌊 How waves, ponds and green algae are accelerating sea ice melt in Antarctica
New research suggests these wave-driven processes are a missing piece of the puzzle behind the rapid loss of Antarctic sea ice.
theconversation.com/how-waves-po...
Climate science is debated in journals, tested against observations, and scrutinised by experts worldwide.
A fossil fuel CEO telling judges climate risks aren't serious is not an equivalent source of expertise, however often we're asked to pretend otherwise.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Jeremy Clarkson’s climate journey:
❌ Scientific consensus
❌ Peer-reviewed research
❌ Decades of evidence
✅ My crops look funny
…but says he won’t change anything about how he lives 🤯
www.autoevolution.com/news/jeremy-...
A new study suggests the case for “green growth” is weaker than often claimed.
Resource use still rises with wealth, and true decoupling remains rare.
The real challenge is cutting consumption fast enough to stay within planetary boundaries.
theconversation.com/green-growth...
🌊 Severe stress on oceans:
👉 Sea-level rise accelerated from 2 mm/year before 2015 to 4.3 mm/year in 2023
👉 16% of global ocean heat gain since 1955 occurred after 2018
👉 The Atlantic and southern Indian and Pacific Oceans have experienced the strongest warming
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Interesting paper…
Ocean iron fertilization from enhanced mid-ocean-ridge volcanism due to ice-age sea-level falls
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A new global map of phytoplankton nutrient stress reveals that ocean productivity is tightly linked to the supply of nutrients from the deep ocean.
As surface waters warm and stratify, nutrient stress is increasing, providing a physiological link to climate change.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Defunding marine monitoring networks could jeopardise efforts to avoid losing track of the world’s oceans and their precious ecosystems, which drive the blue economy.
🌊 Ocean monitoring is in trouble: without the US, it’s up to Europe and Asia to avoid losing sight of the world’s deep‑sea ecosystems
theconversation.com/ocean-monito...
This remarkable seasonal change in Antarctic sea ice is like a heartbeat within our planet’s climate system. We need to better understand it.
Increased hydrothermal iron inputs from mid-ocean ridges, triggered by ice-age sea-level falls, supported higher surface primary productivity during the last two glacial terminations, according to pro...
Defunding marine monitoring networks could jeopardise efforts to avoid losing track of the world’s oceans and their precious ecosystems, which drive the blue economy.
