Like a hot tub: Water temperatures off Florida soar over 100 degrees
Like a hot tub: Water temperatures off Florida soar over 100 degrees
On Monday, a buoy near Manatee Bay recorded an astounding 101.1 degree water temperature, a temperature common for hot tubs.
Every time I see these I see these climate change related issues (which is now multiple times a day), I get the same sinking feeling in my stomach like I'm behind on work and don't have enough time to do it and I'll soon be in trouble for letting things get too far behind. That feeling keeps me up, causes me stress, and is generally not a comfortable way to live. This just fucking sucks.
At least the ocean will be nice and warm when it floods their houses
Holy crap. So coral bleaching in that area is basically guaranteed at this point. And some plankton and algae can’t really survive if those temperatures persist.
Also, as temperature rises, water holds less and less dissolved oxygen. At the same time metabolic rates of fish increase, which makes them require even more oxygen. The scary thing about that is at some point they lose the ability to get enough oxygen to sustain life, and then bam — the whole species dies in a day.
Remember those rivers of millions of dead fish? Yeah, it’s like that.
You know what would really help? Not showing a nice happy vacation beach image with that headline. How about some dead fish, people sweating while doing manual laboue or bleached corals? For fucks sake.
(I know NBC doesn't read Lemmy, just frustrated)
Just a reminder that warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic = hurricane fuel. We are lucky El Niño is causing some wind shear in the upper atmosphere to break up the storms… so far. I recommend looking it up if you’re interested. Hurricane season has the potential to be devastating this year if the El Niño cycle weakens.
Americans reading this: * kalm *
Europeans reading this: * panik *
Fuck this is scary. Wish some extreme actions were being taken for this extreme situation.
I didn't even know it was possible.
On the upside, free boiled fish that takes no effort!
Maybe all those Republicans that recently moved to Florida because it is cheap will realize climate change is an issue when their home owner's insurance ends, they are hit by frequent large hurricanes, are racked with flooding, and they get a wet bulb event or two every year that kills thousands of seniors.
Maybe but I doubt it.
Expected.
I swear, if those lizard lovers get their state destroyed and leave Georgia more vulnerable I'm gonna be pissed.
Fuck now ima have to update some wiki articles again. It's like updating a clock to doomsday.
Earth friendly hotpot and no need to add salt lmao
of course the water temp is the highest, the ocean currents slowly stopping https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ocean-currents-system-possible-collapse_n_64c075eee4b08cd259dddeb4, the magnetic poles are shifting and weakening (-15% in last 200y.), and seems like we are overdue for a next milankovitch cycle https://www.thoughtco.com/milankovitch-cycles-overview-1435096 only that it has little to do with our actual orbit/precipitation and have a lots to do with the magnetic field of the earth...
https://www.livescience.com/46694-magnetic-field-weakens.html
Thanks, I heard of it yet couldn't find the definition :
Since 1893, the legal definition of the foot in the United States has been based on the meter. The definition adopted at that time was the one specified by Congress in 1866, as 1 foot = 1200/3937 meter exactly (or 1 foot = 0.304 800 6 meter approximately).
And now USA will use :
1 foot = 0.3048m
...much more convenient 😆 !