Benjamin Thompson

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Nature Podcast · Highest-ever ocean temperatures recorded as El Niño intensifies · 26 Aug 2026 podcast

So a variety of effects then really depending on where you may be living in the world.

But in terms of the oceans, James, what do researchers think this might mean in real terms for the state of the seas and oceans around the world?

And if that's what potentially researchers are expecting to see, I know you've been talking to them as well about what they're not so sure about in terms of the impacts that that the warming ocean will have.

What have they been telling you there?

Finally, then, obviously El Nino works in a cyclical fashion, and this cycle will have an ebb and a flow.

Does what it's doing now, do you think, give a sense of what might happen in the future?

Because you said there it's a combination of El Nino and human associated climate change.

Does it give an idea of what the future might look like for the oceans, do you think?

That was Nature Reporter James Denin.

For more on that story, check out the show notes for some links.

And that's all for this time.

If you'd like to stay in touch, you can.

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I'm Benjamin Thompson and

Nature Podcast · A black hole's spin could finally be measured by a high-speed star · 19 Aug 2026 podcast

Welcome back to the Nature Podcast.

This week, the star that could reveal a black hole

A star zooming around the centre of our galaxy could help physicists unravel a long standing mystery.

Namely, how much is our neighbourhood supermassive black hole spinning?

This week in Nature, researchers describe a star that orbits around the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, called Sagittarius A star, or sag a star.

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