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The article informs that sea ice and chief scientist Steve Rintoul and his team aboard have found that warm water was flooding into the cavity beneath the floating ice and probem of sea level rise had just got worse. Rintoul has revealed that Southern Ocean soaks up huge amounts of heat and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and set out to measure the global ocean for the first time.

The article focuses on the need of protecting the shorebirds from rising sea levels caused by climate changes, as of May 2015. It states that shorebirds like bar-tailed godwit has significant ability for non-stop unpowered flight, and mentions the migratory birds depend on shore animals for their preys on flyways. It notes findings of a study published in 'Proceedings of the Royal Society B," which have indicated potential for using artificial intelligence for protecting the birds' population.

The article focuses on the initiatives to reduce the impact of a rise in mean sea level due to global warming on the Pacific Island nations of Kiribati and Tuvalu. It states that a rise of one metre above sea level could put these islands at ground zero. It notes that Australia has provided almost $3 million to the Kiribati Climate Change Adoption Project of the World Bank to reduce the island's vulnerability to climate change and sea-level rise, and $1 million to improve water storage capacity in Tuvalu. Furthermore, it cites that several projects to improve monitoring and prediction of sea level and climate in the South Pacific are being organized.

An interview with deputy chief Helen Cleugh is presented. Cleugh discusses the State of the Climate report and its importance for Australia. She outlines the impact of report to projections for climate change and sea level rise in Australia. She elaborates her role with the State of the Climate report and outlines some of the areas of climate science she had worked.

The article focuses on effects of sea ice and ice sheets in the global climate system in polar regions. Several data releases have been provided which explain their roles and significant environmental impact. It has been believed that sea ice affects the interaction between ocean and atmosphere including global ocean circulation. Meanwhile, ice sheets influence directly sea level and any imbalance between ice gain and loss results in a sea-level change.