NPR : WHEN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN CURRENT COLLAPSE by Lauren Sommer
Excerpt: Deep in the Atlantic Ocean, there's a massive current the size of 8,000 Mississippi Rivers. Its role in the Earth's climate is so powerful that it determines weather from the equator to Europe, crop production in Africa and sea level rise on the East Coast.
These strangely alluring images are from a report by Ludwig Heinrich Philipp Döderlein (1855–1936), a German zoologist who specialized in sea stars, sea urchins, and crinoids. Although Döderlein is best known for his study of marine life in Japan, where he was one of the very first European naturalists to work, from 1879 to 1881, these starfish are actually from the waters around Indonesia, collected during the Siboga Expedition, 1899–1900.
Excerpt from website The Public Domain Review
OPC CAL GOV : SEA RISE GUIDE 2024
What difference does a foot or two make? Well, the pounding surf, the incoming tide, wipes away the beaches and seacliffs as we know them to be, and my concern goes beyond the destruction of real estate. These changes are natural processes but climate change may be happening rapidly and with it the destruction of our ecosystems.
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM LA COUNTY : 2024 CITY NATURE CHALLENGE
Go to the link for full information. Here's a start:
The City Nature Challenge is an international effort to document nature in cities, taking place from April 26 to April 29, 2024. The global event calls on current and aspiring community scientists, nature and science fans, and people of all ages and backgrounds to get outside and observe and submit pictures of wild plants, animals, and fungi during the Challenge dates in order to help scientists track real-time changes in our planet’s biodiversity and better understand wildlife conservation.
Download the iNaturalist app from the App Store or Google Play
Step 1: Find wildlife anywhere in L.A. County (or your local area).
Step 2: Take photos of WILD** plants & animals.
Step 3: Share Your observations in the iNaturalist app. If it's planted or taken care of by people it is not WILD. Mark it captive/cultivated!
Step 4: Learn more as your finds get identified.
DAILY MAIL UK : EXTINCT FROM ATLANTIC FOR 200 YEARS : GREY WHALE : CLIMATE CHANGE
Excerpts:
'The Northwest Passage, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific through the Arctic Ocean in Canada, has regularly been ice-free in the summertime in recent years, partly due to rising global temperatures,' the aquarium said.
This means that more gray whales could potentially travel the Northwest Passage during the summer when normally they would have been blocked.
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O'Brien, an associate research scientist with the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium, said the animal's arrival off New England serves 'as a reminder of how quickly marine species respond to climate change, given the chance.'
So how can you tell a gray whale apart from its counterparts?
Unlike the humpback whale, which is more commonly sighted in New England, gray whales can be identified by their lack of a dorsal fin and mottled appearance.
They also sound different; gray whales make gurgles, grunts and croaks while humpback wales produce what is known as 'songs' as it is reminiscent of human vocals.
