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More than a hundred dolphins have been found dead in the Brazilian Amazon amid an historic drought and record-high water temperatures that in places have exceeded 102 degrees Fahrenheit.

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[–] dditty@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

First there was Coral reef bleaching then there was the Florida hot tub ocean water this summer, and now river dolphins are basically boiling to death in their natural habitat. And these are just the atrocities we know of. There are undoubtedly even more climate change atrocities happening in the unmonitored vastness of the Earth's oceans. πŸ˜’πŸ¬πŸ’€

[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago

Right-wing capitalists: "what if we just cut down more of the Amazon? that'll fix things, right?"

[–] un_aristocrate@jlai.lu 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] kayjay@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

That’s shower temperatures, jeezus.

[–] hh93@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Totally normal - nothing to see here...

[–] Coasting0942@reddthat.com 7 points 1 year ago

Those clickity fuckers were asking for it, always laughing at us /s

[–] krotos@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is in the southern hemisphere, it's the end of winter/beginning of summer there and the water temperature is already that high. When do we start holding corporations/governments accountable?

[–] sapo 16 points 1 year ago

The Amazon is so close to the Equator that the seasons don't really affect the temperature that much. The main difference is that southern hemisphere winter is the dry season, hence the drought issues right now.

Not to downplay the role of climate change and deforestation, of course.

[–] peter@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago

Seems like it won't happen until its too late

[–] MelodiousFunk@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Must've been the wind farms.

insert giant /s here

[–] Jack@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

So long, and thanks for all the [death rattle]