Food security doesn't just mean high oil prices affecting fuel needed to grow, harvest and distribute food for humans.

Food security is also affected by higher ocean temperatures.
A RNZ interview with researchers monitoring seabirds has some very disturbing findings.
The food chain is becoming more fragile by the minute.
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A lack of food, due to the impacts of climate change, has meant higher death rates for seabird chicks this year.

University of Auckland Associate Professor Brendon Dunphy, research fellow Dr Edin Whitehead and master’s student Isabella Brown have been monitoring the nests of diving petrels and fluttering shearwaters in the gulf since October last year.

And found the outlook for these seabirds' survival is bleaker than expected.

This was because adults birds were having to leave the nest for longer to find food - with GPS tracking showing some birds flying more than 200 kilometres from their nest.

The Hauraki Gulf is a global seabird hotspot, where about 70 species breed and forage.

Five species breed nowhere else in the world but the Gulf. Brendon Dunphy and Isabella Brown discuss the findings

Seabird chicks die as parents fly far away for food https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2019028358/seabird-chicks-die-as-parents-fly-far-away-for-food

Paul Beckwith, a climate science educator, goes through James Hansen's recent warnings about a coming "Super El Niño".

This video (24:48) assumes a small amount of background in math and science, enough to read time/temperature graphs, but is generally quite accessible in its explanations. He walks through a lot of good stuff like how the El Niño / La Niña cycle works, what some of the "forcings" are that are driving some of these things, why things like aerosols matter, what different models show, what the consensus predictions have been and why Hansen's predicting something substantively stronger.

It's a pretty worrisome set of things, but Hansen has been an important voice in the climate conversation, and I think Beckwith's presentation is pretty level—trying to just walk through the information dispassionately in a way that can help you understand the science part.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP3VQk3mIgQ

Note: Notwithstanding the use of em dash, this post was written by a human.

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Rapid ocean warming is emerging as a critical driver of global climate instability, influencing weather patterns, ecosystems, and long-term environmental resilience.

In the latest video, Egon Cholakian explores the underlying mechanisms behind this acceleration and why it demands urgent scientific and policy attention.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=8WGubs…

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Warmer ocean currents significantly destabilize ice sheets, driving their retreat

New research reveals how #OceanWarming triggered the large-scale retreat of the Northeast #Greenland Ice Stream (#NEGIS)—offering vital clues for understanding its modern-day vulnerability.

NEGIS is the largest ice stream draining the Greenland Ice Sheet into the #ocean. It contains enough ice to raise global sea level by 1.1–1.4 meters. Its stability is therefore critical for future sea-level projections.

https://phys.org/news/2025-12-warmer-ocean-currents-significantly-destabilize.html

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☁️ 🌍 Cloud alert!
Warming oceans = fewer marine stratocumulus clouds → less sunlight reflected → more warming. Spotlighted in a new #EUMETSAT case study.
These subtle clouds play a huge role in our climate system — but they’re tricky to model.

Check out the full case study here 👉 https://user.eumetsat.int/resources/case-studies/global-warming-speeds-up-as-warmer-oceans-reduce-marine-cloud-cover

Let’s keep pushing the boundaries of climate science — better data, smarter models, broader impact.

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