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‘Wake-up call to humanity’: research shows the Great Barrier Reef is the hottest it’s been in 400 years.
(theconversation.com)
Why was it so hot 400 years ago?
this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2024
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How many wake-up calls have we had? Now we're having hundreds of wake-up calls at once.
Somebody needs some birth control...
Isn't it winter in Australia right now?
It is, but the great barrier Reef is within the tropics and so undergoes more of a wet/dry season instead of summer/autumn/winter/spring.
“Wake up call” 🤣
We’ll be dead before humanity wakes up
I always considered dying sleeping one of the better ways to go. But since I woke up some years back, I don't want to fall asleep again. Despite being so tired of all of this!
But how about those Aussie athletes in the swimming at the Olympics? what heroes, what talent, what a country.