Global systems that we have in the oceans. It is important to say that these are sea Surface Temperatures. It is also about the time of year. So normally the oceans are at their hottest in march, but we are obviously now in august. And so scientists are worried about all of that time left until next march. There is also el nino which is less naturally occurring Climate Fluctuation which we have talked about it before. It happens every few years but it does drive up Ocean Temperatures. But we are only at the beginning of that now, it is quite weak and so as not to get stronger in the coming months, Scientists Say they fear these average temperatures will just carry they fear these average temperatures willjust carry on going up. What do scientists think is the cause . Scientists know that in the long term, Climate Change is driving up average temperatures in the oceans. They also think that a lot of the heat, or they know that a lot of the heat, or they know that a lot of the heat that
in m years. hello and welcome. it s exactly one year since the world health organization officially declared the coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic that s the point the disease was confirmed as a truly global problem. covid 19 has so far claimed 2.6 million lives but there is hope on the horizon as vaccines reach some of the furthest corners of the world. our global health correspondent, naomi grimley, has been looking at the pandemic, one year in. it s been a year that most of us will remember for the rest of our lives. one of grief and loneliness on a scale none of us could ve imagined. it s exactly 12 months since the world health organization officially sounded the alarm about the seriousness of covid 19. we have therefore made the assessment that covid 19 can be characterised as a pandemic. and yet, after a whirlwind of scientific discoveries, we re now seeing vaccines being distributed to some of the most remote communities on earth. in brazil, they ve mounted a vacci
exlain communities who depend on them. just explain to viewers at home who may not understand, why is it important to maintain coral reefs? they are notjust to maintain coral reefs? they are not just there to maintain coral reefs? they are notjust there because they look beautiful. ., , ., ., , beautiful. no, they are not. they are really important beautiful. no, they are not. they are really important for - beautiful. no, they are not. they are really important for human . are really important for human communities, there are a lot of fish and other organisms that are attracted to the reefs and a live there for all or part of their life cycles. they are also very important for shoreline protection, when there are storm surges, the reefs can help reduce that. they are also very foundational for many economies because they are so beautiful, people like to visit them. they are incredibly important and diverse ecosystem. incredibly important and diverse ecosystem- incredibly important
shaking hands with president obama. the newest revelation of what is now a growing scandal. tuesday night the pair is accused of slipping into a white house state dinner uninconveniented despite the posed high conspiracy. the being considered for the bravo reality series the real housewives of d.c. live 90 minutes from washington. state dinners can be productive. reagan had one on december 8th, with gorbachev. a conscious sequential day that saw the shining of the first treaty on u.s. soviet use of nuclear arsenals. by now mr. general secretary you may have concluded that while we have fundamental disagreements about how human communities should govern themselves, it s possible all the same for us to work together. so, who did joe biden invite for his first state dinner? was it justin trudeau? no, i don t think trudeau will ever be getting another state dinner since we caught him in black face.
cynical about this public grounds on the coronavirus. how do you assess the white house s production? the key thing to know that don t like is that this is a virus that is join the family of other corona viruses circulating around human communities forever. surge after surge after surge. to warn people that this is impending doom again after two years of essentially it just doesn t make any sense to me. speak i have got to wander, and i guess we will find out, a lot of election out turn comes on the way elections are allowed to proceed. do you think this is possible that this could be used for a politician s own political end? i think it would be extremely irresponsible. voting is not more dangerous than 1,000 other activities that we are not going to stop.