What's a Few Degrees?
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The Impacts of Climate Change on the Oceans
Study shows that marine heat waves to day are 20 times more intense than they could have been without anthropogenic forcing. So it provides a clear link between the human signature on climate change and these increased intensity and frequency of marine heat waves. But we're a very anthropcentric or race, really is how does that impact humans? You know, there's a lot of fishing done off the east coast of the U.S., which can be damaging in some ways but also good for our livelihoods. It affects everything from plankton to tiny organisms that form the basis of marine food webs, right up to birds and seals and even the great whales. And so you know, the scale of these
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