Current trend spells ruin for marine life

Scientists have discovered dramatic evidence of climate change in the South Pacific with “worrying” implications for Australia’s rainfall and fisheries.

Using new data from a network of floating robots, Australian, US and New Zealand scientists have detected a 20 per cent increase in the speed of a key South Pacific current over the past 10 years.

As well as moving faster, the South Pacific sub-tropical gyre, a circular current that influences the East Australian current, has warmed by up to 0.25C and risen in height by 12cm at its centre.

The Australian