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As waters warm, these species are stuck going the wrong way

Earlier spring warmth puts young in stronger southward currents.

arstechnica.com

As the world warms and climate zones shift, species that are able may alter their range to try to keep themselves at a comfortable temperature. Although the oceans are generally warming more slowly than the land, migrations of marine species are well documented already. For organisms like fish, mobile adults can dynamically track suitable conditions. But many seafloor-dwelling critters primarily move in their wandering youth—as larvae that (mostly) passively ride the currents. Changing your destination isn’t so easy when you’re not in the driver’s seat.

Unfortunately, some of those species have been seen migrating the wrong way, toward even higher-temperature waters rather than away from them. We’ve seen this happen in the coastal northwest Atlantic, including in some commercially harvested species like clams. Seeing these species shift requires something unusual, since they're adapted to their current-catching lifestyle. So what gives?

 

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Sort of related.

Human activity has wiped out nearly 70 percent of the world’s wildlife in just 50 years: report

A new report from the World Wildlife Fund reviews declines in flora and fauna over multiple decades — and predicts more to come.

thehill.com

A new report published by the World Wildlife Fund reveals a devastating statistic: The population of the world’s animals has fallen by 68 percent since 1970, including mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians.

Outlined in the organization’s biannual Living Planet Report, researchers showcase indexes of animal population decline across all continents. Data show that the regions experiencing the highest rates of decline include Latin American, the Caribbean and Africa.

Several causes can be attributed to the decline in species, with two of the leading explanations being the overexploitation of species, as well as the deforestation of a diverse group of ecosystems, such as savannas, wetlands and forests. The report also highlights pollution and climate change as other factors. Notably, climate change is not one of the leading causes in loss of biodiversity currently, but is anticipated to become one of the leading drivers in the future.

 

[Beebo Brink]

High-fidelity record of Earth's climate history puts current changes in context

For the first time, climate scientists have compiled a continuous, high-fidelity record of variations in Earth's climate extending 66 million years into the past. The record reveals four distinctive climate states, which the researchers dubbed Hothouse, Warmhouse, Coolhouse, and Icehouse.

phys.org

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Free]

>> "I don't think science knows, actually."

PROJECTION!

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Trump for sure wants to win not only the peace, but also physics noble prize this year!

 

[Sid]

Trump for sure wants to win not only the peace, but also physics noble prize this year!

Well, if he manages to let his head explode without interference from the outside..... he could get the physics noble prize as far as I'm concerned.
Even the Nobel prize for physics, but only postume of course and I don't know if that is possible.

 

[danielravennest]

Well, if he manages to let his head explode without interference from the outside..... he could get the physics noble prize as far as I'm concerned.
Even the Nobel prize for physics, but only postume of course and I don't know if that is possible.

No. They only award it to living people. It's hard to accept the award in Stockholm if you're dead.

 

[Soen Eber]

He could still win the IgNobel prize. He'd have an excellent shot at it.

 

[Fionalein]

I don't know if that is possible.

It is - just ask Kurt Cobain.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

He could still win the IgNobel prize. He'd have an excellent shot at it.

Maybe he hasn't heared about the Darwin awards yet, although he already tried to enter it when he took under own supervision Hydroxychloroquine.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Evernote link because paywall

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Maybe he hasn't heared about the Darwin awards yet, although he already tried to enter it when he took under own supervision Hydroxychloroquine.

Unfortunately, he's already spread his ignorant seed around, so it's too late for him to check out of the gene pool.

 

[Beebo Brink]

Videos on the alarming thawing of Siberia:

Siberia landscape scarred by climate change

Scientists are warning about the consequences of vast swathes of ground thawing in Siberia.

www.bbc.com

Why forest fires in Siberia, Russia threaten us all

Scientists say wildfires in Siberia, Russia, have been releasing record amounts of greenhouse gases, contributing to global warming.

www.bbc.com

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Evernote link because paywall

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Annual hurricanes for *checks notes* Canada.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

And Greece

Medicane Ianos turns towards Crete after sweeping across Greece

Two dead, one missing and nearly a thousand rescued as floods damage Thessaly in wake of rare Mediterranean storm

www.theguardian.com

After pounding parts of western and central Greece meteorologists have predicted a rare Mediterranean hurricane-like storm, or medicane, is headed south towards the island of Crete.

Authorities struggling to contain the impact of the cyclone, Medicane Ianos, said two people had died and at least one was missing as torrential rain and gale-force winds wielded a trail of destruction.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

And Greece

Medicane Ianos turns towards Crete after sweeping across Greece

Two dead, one missing and nearly a thousand rescued as floods damage Thessaly in wake of rare Mediterranean storm

www.theguardian.com

TIL: Medicanes exist. I didn't even know the Mediterranean could support tropical cyclone formation.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

I knew that, though generally calm, the Med sometimes has huge storms, but I hadn't realised quite how severe they can be.