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Earth's vital signs hit record extremes as El Niño looms
A new climate report finds seven of sixteen planetary vital signs at their worst ever, with a strengthening El Niño set to push temperatures higher and threaten vulnerable ecosystems.
WIRED · 1m
The ocean has four years left to recover
Record heat and dying reefs show we're running out of time to protect the seas before 2030.
TIME · 2m
Coral's Invisible Lifeline Fails in Warming Seas
Tiny hairlike structures called cilia help corals breathe, but heat stress makes them malfunction in ways scientists are only now understanding.
WIRED · 4m