on how climate change is over heating up. planets oceans and glaciers the u.n. intergovernmental panel on climate change says the rate of ocean warming has doubled since 1903 and will continue to rise oceans absorb 90 percent of the world's excess heat marine heat waves have also doubled in frequency since the early 1980 s. and the rate is expected to increase the i.p.c.c. says sea levels will rise affecting hundreds of millions of people in low lying and coastal areas before the end of the century and under all scenarios the report predicts marine life will continue to decline and there portals details how glaciers snow cover an arctic sea ice will be can will continue to melt greenpeace scientists are building a case to protect more marine areas and our correspondent nick clark is in the south atlantic ocean off the coast of south america with them. yes we're on board the greenpeace ship esperanza where scientists are investigating a newly discovered area of reef we're about 600 kilometers from the mouth of the amazon in that direction and about 130 kilometers from the shore french g

what's being described as the clearest report yet on how climate change is overheating our planet's oceans and glasses the u.n. intergovernmental panel on climate change says the rate of ocean warming has doubled since 1009 $103.00 and will continue to rise oceans absorb 90 percent of the world's excess heat marine heat waves of also doubled in frequency the $980.00 s. the i.p.c.c. it says sea levels will rise affecting hundreds of millions of people in low lying and coastal areas before the end of the century the report predicts marine life will decline further and it details how glassy is no cover an arctic sea ice will continue to melt well greenpeace scientists are building a case to protect more marine areas al-jazeera is nick clark as an amazon reef in the south atlantic ocean off the coast of south america. yes we're on board the greenpeace ship esperanza where scientists are investigating a newly discovered area of reef we're about 600 kilometers from the mouth of the amazon in that direction and about 130 kilometers from the shore french guiana and scientists here on board a conducting all manner of research from the seabed

climate change. in a short opening statement, the 16-year-old youth climate leader said she was not submitting testimony but instead would enter a report by the u.n.'s intergovernmental panel on climate change into the congressional record. the report calls on world leaders to take rapid, far-reaching, and unprecedented action to avert a catastrophe. >> i am submitting this report as my testimony because i don't want you to listen to me. i want you to listen to the scientists. and i want you to unite behind science. and then i want you to take real action. amy: more than a million students are expected to walk out of classes in over 150 countries friday in a global climate strike, with more than 800 actions in the united states alone. youth leaders are also billing friday's strike as a day of action for puerto rico. september 20 marks the two-year anniversary of hurricane maria's landfall on the island, which led to thousands of deaths, destroying homes and businesses and knocking out electricity for months. we'll have more on the climate crisis after headlines with kumi naidoo, amnesty international's secretary general. the university of california has voted to divest from f

climate change e riskseffects of dire consequences are growing. that's the message of a new report out from the u.n.'s intergovernmental panel onnge, or the i.p.c.c. scientists say it's virtuallyoc certain thns and seas have already absorbed an enormous amount of excess heat in our climate system. but if current emissions don't change, the risks for marine life and for people living near the cots will get significantly worse. angham is here with more. part of our regular coverage ofn the leedge of science. >> brangham: judy, the report is filled with some very specific and very sobering asssments. among them, if greenhouse ons emisaren't reduced, sea les arrise could hit three feet by the end of the century, driven in large part by the melting of the ice sheets andee glaciers on and and antarctica. even if emissions are lowered, the report says coastal cities one of the lead authors on t report joins me now. michael oppenheimer is a professor of geosciences and international affairs at the woodrow wilson school at princeton university.ho he ad the chapter on sea level rise. professor oppenheimer, alwayu good to see ere on the n

one is above the law. a new u.n. report has issued the starkest warning get off a climate change catastrophe for the planet's oceans scientists from the intergovernmental panel on climate change say the overheating of our oceans threatens to bring more intense storms and rising sea levels. british prime minister bar as johnson is set to face more calls to resign on wednesday as parliament resumes that's after britain's top court ruled he'd suspended parliament unlawfully. this is news from britain you can always find the latest headlines a d.-w. dot com or for us on twitter. that's it for now i'm going to touch him up pleasure to have your company do so to me because my colleagues and friends from our business desk will have a business update for you coming up shortly. to accommodation. about which comes from. from in the. 101st. the last one of a ship more than a 100 percent. secure and affordable housing is becoming a scarce commodity. made in germany 60. 2. it was the result of a long haul it's not easy to go to another country you know nothing about i don't do this because we can't stay out and it's way into. the place that. closely global news that matt

climate change. tracy just talked about something which is very important, the intergovernmental panel on climate change, which reports to the u.ney reported in 2018 that we have 12 years from 2018, until 2030, to either address this or we're going to have irreversible damage. those years are now starting to click off. and democrats will tell you, i think one of the things they'll tell you tonight, okay, we have 12 years. if you re-elect donald trump, by the time he's out, we'll only have six years left. and that's way too short to make it. we'll have irreversible damage, and very recklessly so. >> you were just in greenland, david. i think you sent us the photos. let's pull them up. talk to us about what you saw. >> it was fantastic. i went there thinking it was a practical imperative to deal with climate change. i came away feeling it's a moral imperative. when you see what's happening in greenland, it is an early set of signals about what's going to happen to the globe. the grlaciers are retreats, breaking off and forming icebergs. they're beautiful icebergs, but they're breaking up. there's a growing danger that the icecap w

u.n. report has issued this starkest warning yet of a climate change catastrophe for the planet's seas predicting more super storms rising sea levels and ocean dead zones scientists from the intergovernmental panel on climate change say unprecedented overheating in the world's oceans could raise sea levels by about one meter by the end of this century rendering some coastal regions uninhabitable. one senegalese coast the village of popping green is already feeling the effects of rising sea levels the atlantic has washed away several houses and a mosque. was not worth all the good it done when people's houses have been destroyed they pack up their things and try to make a new start and the countryside if they have the money they go to the car another city them in the winter for their cause. their situation as a result of events happening around the world sea levels are rising due to climate change carbon emissions and other greenhouse gases making the earth warm up. polar regions are seeing the permafrost saw play shows and ice sheets are melting rapidly. flooding storms and erosion on intensifying. underwater global warming is also having an impact increased c o 2 levels are turning our oceans more

u.n. report has issued the starkest warning of a climate change catastrophe for the planet's seas predicting more super storms rising sea levels and ocean dead zones scientists on the intergovernmental panel on climate change say that one sees have been helping the planet cope with rising temperatures unprecedented overheating in the ocean poses a huge threat to humanity the report warns that. by the end of the century if global warming doesn't slow down making sun on a nation's uninhabitable. now i.p.c.c. scientists say a failure to act on this new data will have grave consequences for the future of our planet the consequences for nature and humanity are sweeping and severe. this report highlights also the urgency of timely ambitious who were needed and enduring action. what is it stake is the health of ecosystems wildlife and importantly the world we leave for our children. environment department and joins me now with some very dire warnings in the. report which is just what just how dire is the situation i think scientists agree that it is very very bad so we're saying a very comprehensive report that shows us that sees a woman sit up as a rising and bear in mind this is happening fast

u.n. report has issued the stockist warning get off a climate change catastrophe for the planet's oceans predicting tones of rising sea levels an ocean dead zones scientists on the intergovernmental panel on climate change favored wide seas have been helping the planet to cope with rising temperatures unprecedented overheating the ocean poses a huge pressure to humanity the reports warns that the levels will rise 3 feet by the end of the century if the only woman doesn't slow down making some island nations on inhabitable. for more. environment department joins me now welcome some very dire warnings in the. report which is just come out just how dire is the situation i think scientists agree that it is very very bad so we're saying a very comprehensive report that shows us that sees the woman sit up as a rising bear in mind this is happening faster and faster even faster than we previously thought and on top of that there's becoming more acidic becoming less productive and that's huge consequences for things like fish marine life called wreaths but more than just the oceans what this report highlights of the furries and parts of the planet the north pole and of the on the outs all of t

u.n. reports has issued these starkest warning yet of a climate change catastrophe for the planet sees predicting more super storms rising sea levels and ocean dead zones scientists from the intergovernmental panel on climate change say that while seas have been helping the planet cope with rising temperatures unprecedented overheating in the ocean poses a huge threat to humanity well the report warns that sea levels will rise by about one meter by the end of this century if global warming doesn't slow down making some island nations and inhabitable well i didn't see sea scientist says say a failure to act on the new data will have grave consequences for the future of our planet the consequences for nature and humanity are sweeping in severe. this report highlights also the urgency of timely ambitious who were needed and enduring action. what is its stake is the health of ecosystems wildlife and importantly the world we leave for our children. all right a very clear warning there now for more on this topic i'm now joined by w.'s environment departments reporter ed sheets and there are you on good to have you here with the situation is really dire what i mean they're not mincing their words or the s