Though not in earnest, I've been looking over the sea cliff to see what I can see. In the last week I met a couple people who said they saw migrating whales in the Pacific near enough to shore. So I'm inspired to keep looking.
I think maybe I saw a small black whale or two feeding in the kept beds. I'm pretty sure I wasn't seeing a skin diver in a black wet suit because of the arch of back. But to identify these would be impossible, just to say the black was black.
This morning - a small pod of dolphins - grey - and the cry of a single sea lion.
1/20/19
FAST OCEAN WARMING EFFECTS FISH PROTEIN FOOD SOURCE
NY TIMES : OCEAN WARMING FASTER THAN
EXCERPT: People in the tropics, who rely heavily on fish for protein, could be hard hit, said Kathryn Matthews, deputy chief scientist for the conservation group Oceana. “The actual ability of the warm oceans to produce food is much lower, so that means they’re going to be more quickly approaching food insecurity,” she said.
Because they play such a critical role in global warming, oceans are one of the most important areas of research for climate scientists. Average ocean temperatures are also a consistent way to track the effects of greenhouse gas emissions because they are not influenced much by short-term weather patterns, Mr. Hausfather said.
1/15/19
WHALE WATCHING SEASON IS NOW
There are so MANY POSTS about WHALES in SIRENS LINK TO SEA BLOGSPOT, that using the search feature embedded in the front page will bring them up. Will you do that little bit of research?
1/1/19
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