Missing winter sea ice signals changes that could be a "disaster for the world", scientists say.

"Are we awakening this giant of Antarctica?" asks Prof Martin Siegert, a glaciologist at the University of Exeter. It would be "an absolute disaster for the world," he says.!

The oceans are a vital regulator for the climate and our weather but are rapidly heating up.

The oceans are a vital regulator for the climate and our weather but are rapidly heating up.

A series of records on temperature, ocean heat, and Antarctic sea ice are "unprecedented", some scientists say.

A series of records on temperature, ocean heat, and Antarctic sea ice are "unprecedented", some scientists say.

I don't know about you but I'm sure glad the chief exec of Shell cares about our futures....

The world's need for fossil fuels is "desperate", Shell's chief executive told the BBC.

Apologies if I missed one that has already been held. But I saw a member census of beehaw, which was really interesting. I'm not suggesting gathering of any personally identifying info, but more generally getting a sense of who is here on kbin.

We seem to be breaking new records constantly at the moment.

Scientists found evidence that climate change made the warmer weather last month more likely.

I may be being stupid here but is there a way to click on an article/post and cross post it to another relevant group/magazine? I'd rather not have to copy and paste it all, it would help with community visibility if you could cross post from smaller communities to larger ones.

Edit: editted post title to add 'in kbin' for clarity

European researchers said Thursday that the the start of June saw global surface air temperatures rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for the first time. That is the limit governments said they would try to limit global warming to at a 2015 summit in Paris.

What has everyone got for their dad's, who are usually particularly hard to buy for?

Also, to add a caveat, totally fine to have a complicated relationship with your dad. If this is the case, please be kind to yourself and ignore this post!

Unfortunately I downvoted what I thought was a bot yesterday and now the post is showing up in my profile under boost. It's not the kind of content I want attached to my profile and removing the downvote hasn't done anything.

I think it's a known issue but the boost tab in the profile seems to be a bit buggy and I was wondering if anyone had any ideas?