Why Aren’t North Atlantic Right Whales Having Babies Anymore?

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At their current rate of decline, we will lose these incredible whales in less than 20 years. There are only 450 North Atlantic right whales remaining on earth. Their lifetimes have shrunk, and they’re producing calves far less often than they used to. And their habitat is shifting because of climate change and in a way that is heightening the conflict between these beloved animals and the ways humans use our ocean. We need lasting protections, quickly, from the things causing the most harm as well as a concerted effort to shift towards ‘ropeless’ fishing technology, which will likely reverse their decline.

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Temperatures are Rising

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A World of Agreement: Temperatures are Rising; Global Temperature Anomaly (℃)
This line plot shows yearly temperature anomalies from 1880 to 2018, with respect to the 1951-1980 mean, as recorded by NASA, NOAA, the Japan Meteorological Agency, the Berkeley Earth research group, and the Met Office Hadley Centre (UK). Though there are minor variations from year to year, all five temperature records show peaks and valleys in sync with each other. All show rapid warming in the past few decades, and all show the past decade has been the warmest.

Credit: NASA Earth Observatory/Joshua Stevens