Wednesday, 29 December 2021

Baked Alaska

A record daytime temperature of 19.4 degrees Centigrade was recorded in Kodiak, Alaska this December. This is yet another reminder (if we needed one) that runaway climate change is underway on our heating planet (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/29/alaska-sets-record-high-december-temperature-of-194c). These atypical temperatures cause serious problems for humans, with the sinking of villages and interference with local lifestyles. The consequences for the wildlife (seals, polar bears etc) are, however, even more detrimental. Organisms, adapted over millenia to ice and snow, simply can't cope with fast changes on this scale.
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