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There's a interesting article about changes to life in Naragansett Bay due to temperature changes since the 1960s. For example, there are fewer winter flounder because the late-winter algae blooms are no longer happening.Rising temperatures throw nature a curve


"OFF WICKFORD, R.I. - Once, natural events in Narragansett Bay occurred with the predictability of the tides: Thick ice clung to the shore in February. Giant phytoplankton blooms tinted the water green by March. Striped bass began to move to warmer waters by mid-October.

No longer. Winter surfers off Narragansett Town Beach rarely have to slosh through frozen chunks anymore. Those blooms, which rained nutrients down to bottom-dwelling creatures, have all but disappeared. Fishermen regularly brag about catching striped bass in mid-November.

Narragansett Bay's natural timing is out of sync."

...continued here.

fazsha

Good stuff... thanks. Reminds me of the George Washington story of pushing his boats thru ice-swollen Delaware.. Funny how we all think today's weather is natural or normal. We've been enjoying an un-natural run of stable temps... The below graph is why I feel "we" have very little impact on temp. Not saying we shouldn't try to be greener... but it's clear from the graph our children are going to have to learn how to keep both air-conditioners and wood stoves ready to go...

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