Why did the World Ocean suddenly warm up? ● Libya is waging another war to preserve the last forests ● Insects are disappearing, as they have not disappeared for 252 million years

Why did the World Ocean suddenly warm up?

In recent weeks, the waters of the world’s oceans have suddenly warmed above normal, and no one can explain why. Specifically, the temperature jumped 0.36 degrees Fahrenheit in a relatively short time. This may seem like a small difference in temperature, but to oceanographers it is huge.

One hypothesis is that all this increase in temperature will be related to the El Niño phenomenon, but not all experts agree with this. First of all, El Nino is a phenomenon that is manifested, yes, by an increase in the temperature of ocean waters. But it manifests itself in the southern tropical zone. In this case, we are talking about a global phenomenon. And the rise in temperature was observed everywhere, including the waters around Alaska or Europe.

Some researchers from the University of Colorado sat down and analyzed all the anomalies affecting global ocean temperatures to see if they could find any information to link the current phenomenon. They found that it all started at the equator, both in the Pacific and Indian oceans. And in this area, growth was twice as high as in the rest of the planet. Moreover, it happened in just 10-14 days. If you want to compare, that would be equivalent to hundreds of millions of Hiroshima bombs.

These American experts say that since the warming has also manifested itself in the Indian Ocean, we may have a significant change in the El Nino phenomenon, and from now on it will be much stronger than we thought.

Besides, everything would have disappeared from the heat of recent years. The oceans simply accumulated heat. Now they are releasing it. And what we see now would only be a prelude to what is to come. Come on, this is not good at all!

Libya is waging another war – to preserve the last forests

After the 2011 war, Libya became a country torn by internal conflicts, rivalries, corruption and destruction. The last concern of those who were there was to protect the few forests they had left. Now they realize that they have another serious problem.

During Gaddafi’s time, the authorities there greened hundreds of square kilometers. Indeed, some roads connected the cities together, as was the case from Tripoli to Misurata, a port some 200 kilometers away.

This entire afforestation program was intended not only to stop the expansion of the desert, but also to protect agricultural and urban areas. Well, after the war and the chaos that was there, the dust sort of settled. Literally.

Most of the forest planted then has already been cut down. Obviously illegal. In their place appeared quarters, resorts and other structures built by local real estate companies. Without clear laws and a political class full of corrupt people, it is difficult to save anything from those forests. We are talking about Libya now, don’t get confused.

Authorities there say they have managed to save about 8,000 hectares, which were recently claimed by individuals who wanted to build private homes and holiday homes. Yes, but these 8 thousand hectares are a drop in the ocean. And in any case, they managed to cut down a significant part of them.

In addition to all this, climate change also contributes to the destruction of forests. If only a few years ago people dug water to a depth of 40 meters, now they have to dig to about 160 meters. This is a domino effect that other North African countries have also seen. And Libya is one of the most affected of them.

Insects are disappearing, as they have not disappeared for 252 million years

If at the end of the week we started to tell you only bad news, then let’s end everything with one, let’s tell everything, maybe next time there will be good news. Thus, of all the great extinctions that have ever occurred, only one involved insects. What is at the end of the Permian period is also called the Dead Sea, which caused the disappearance of about 90% of life forms from that time. That is, about 252 million years ago.

We are experiencing the second such episode in which insects disappear today. The difference is that a supervolcano was to blame in the Permian, now it’s us humans.

In a study published in Biology Letters, several researchers from the University of Mainz draw attention to a phenomenon that has serious consequences… the extinction of insects. This phenomenon, they say, is global. And the reasons are related to the use of insecticides in agriculture, the introduction of invasive species by humans and, obviously, climate change.

In short, people began to use and exchange much larger areas of land. By changing the habitat, they also made the insects much more vulnerable. Then they also introduced new invasive species that contributed to the destruction of the natives.

As it turns out, specialized species adapted to a certain type of environment, as it were, go. All-rounders remain, able to survive in almost any environment. And this, as usual, is accompanied by certain costs. Without native insects pollinating the plants, goodbye plants. Goodbye plants, goodbye ecosystem. We will not succeed without ecosystems either. But you already knew that.

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