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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 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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’€

[–] umulu@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Like many people already said... we are totally fucked

[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] OCATMBBL@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

"Well, the statistics show that the rate of dolphin deaths are declining."

"Yeah, that happens when the rest are dead."

[–] un_aristocrate@jlai.lu 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] kayjay@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

That’s shower temperatures, jeezus.

[–] krotos@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 years ago (3 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@beehaw.org 13 points 2 years 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 7 points 2 years ago

Seems like it won't happen until its too late

This is a short distance from the equator. The seasons there don't really affect temperature significantly; only rainfall.

[–] hh93@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Totally normal - nothing to see here...

[–] Coasting0942@reddthat.com 6 points 2 years ago

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

[–] MelodiousFunk@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Must've been the wind farms.

insert giant /s here

[–] couragethebravedog@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This just makes me so angry.

[–] Rearsays@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago

Just remember that dolphins are rapeists

[–] Jack@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

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