Yesterday, friend Mound posted a disturbing piece on the fact that the oceans have absorbed 60% more heat than expected. The implications for global warming are significant, and suggest, among other things, that we have far less than 12 years to drastically reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. If you haven't yet read it, I urge you to.
Last night Global News did a piece on the crisis, explaining in a very accessible manner the situation:
But as the Mound so tartly observes in his post, our political leaders are, of course, missing in action when we most need them. We cannot look to them for environmental salvation.
It is ordinary folks who can change things, Lorne. Whether or not they will is an open question . . .
ReplyDeleteIndeed,Owen. That is truly the existential question only we can answer.
DeleteAnd now the infamous North Pacific "Blob" is back. As the NatGeo article from 2016 shows, the Blob "cooks" marine life. Meanwhile the island has been hit with a dangerous red tide putting all shellfish off limits.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/09/warm-water-pacific-coast-algae-nino/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/blob-pacific-ocean-bc-1.4867674
Thanks for the links, Mound. The world's situation grows increasingly dire.
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