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9Local politics, the county, and the world, as viewed by Tammy Maygra Tammy’s views are her own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Bill Eagle, his pastor, Tammy’s neighbors, Wayne Mayo, Betsy Johnson, Brian Stout, Former President Trump, Henry Heimuller, Joe Biden, Pat Robertson, Ted Cruz, Joe Biden’s dogs, or Claudia Eagle’s Cats. This Tammy’s Take (with the exception of this disclaimer) is not paid for or written by, or even reviewed by anyone but Tammy and she refuses to be bullied by anyone. See Bill’s Standard Disclaimer
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Florida's beaches covered with dead fish. Fish killed because of climate change.
Ocean Heat Wave
An ocean heat wave in waters around Florida has scientists worried about cascading disasters, from fueling hurricanes and coral bleaching to exacerbating record heat on land .Ocean temperatures have risen five degrees above normal since early July. The culprit to blame is El Nino, the weather pattern that's collided with human-caused climate change. This is very serious weather, weather changes are usually a tenth of a degree not 5 degrees. Summer seas around South Florida normally average about 88 degrees. But beginning in July, ocean monitors stationed along the coast began recording temperatures hovering in the low 90s. In Florida Bay, the wide shallow bay between the Florida Keys and the Gulf of Mexico, temperatures climbed above 98 degrees. Ocean temperatures have steadily climbed since April. This prompted forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to forecast that half the planet's oceans could undergo heat waves by September. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found the Earth has heated up 2 degrees Fahrenheit in the past two centuries. Scientists warned that marine heat waves, like the one inflaming waters around Florida, would become more commonplace. That increasing heat, the IPCC said, could likely push some sea life to the limits of surviving. Warmer ocean waters reduce oxygen levels and that could influence all the fish. Three years ago a rare fish kill spread across waters off Miami as rising temperatures sucked oxygen from Biscayne Bay. Fish lay dead along the beaches. Warming waters could also endanger spawning grounds for Atlantic Bluefin tuna in the northern Gulf of Mexico, one of only two places where these tuna spawn. This would also affect the temperature on land, making it unbearable as well. Usually there are cool spots associated with El Nino. But scientists are not seeing any cool spots Corals are among the most precarious sea life struggling with climate change. Reefs around Florida and the Caribbean have struggled greatly over decades as increased pollution and disease have left them unhealthy. Which has weakened their ability to be the barrier to hurricane storm surges. Scientists are working with the U.S. Department of Defense to develop more heat tolerant coral as part of a reef resilience project that could total more than $28 million. The project set a 2027 deadline to breed coral able to withstand a five-degree Fahrenheit rise in ocean temperatures. Hopefully 5 degrees will be enough, if not then what will we do? Nature is getting even hotter than 5 degrees. We are to blame for climate change, we are pumping the planet full of heat trapping carbon dioxide, mainly from the use of fossil fuels. Our planet has warmed, 90% of that heat has been trapped in the world's ocean. The last 10 years have been the ocean's hottest decade on record, with 2022 recording the highest global temperature. We are killing everything off including ourselves. The stupidity of humans never stops. I hope we can get through this calamity and do what is right for the planet. Because this is our home and the home to all other life on the land and sea. If we kill the sea off we might as well give up because its just the matter of time before humans are dead. With hot weather, dead species, crazy violent storms, rising seas, humans will learn the hard way.
Tammy
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