The ocean has absorbed 90% of the heat from our CO2 emissions, but we’re straining its capacity to shield us from climate impacts. The IPCC SROCC report warns of critical tipping points in melting ice, warming waters, rising seas—all threats to coastal communities & economies
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Off Massachusetts’s coasts, the Gulf of Maine is the fastest-warming body of water behind the Arctic. Our waters are already experiencing over 2°C of warming—past the Paris goal for avoiding climate catastrophe. Climate change is here and now.https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/national/climate-environment/climate-change-world/ …
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Sea level rise is accelerating. 90,000 homes in Massachusetts could face inundation from sea level rise by 2100, according to
@UCSUSA. Warming waters will fuel more extreme storms and flooding, with disadvantaged and underserved communities most at risk.Show this thread -
As oceans warm, our iconic fisheries are suffering as lobster and cod move north, out of Massachusetts waters. Ocean acidification threatens our shellfish industry and coastal ecosystems. We need healthy oceans, but our oceans need us too. They need
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Just promise me you will beat the ginger minger.
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They are not getting warmer the data collected throws out all cold data by design read the research paper Sport
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