The planetary thermostat is failing

Panama's Gulf upwelling did not occur for the first time in forty years. Gray whales are abandoning migration patterns, venturing into San Francisco Bay as Arctic food supplies collapse. Freshwater fish populations have plunged 81% since 1970. Migratory species depend on connected rivers; the rivers are being severed. Meanwhile, gene-edited coral fragments are deployed to the Great Barrier Reef, and ocean-based carbon dioxide removal moves from laboratory to open water. The narrative frame is "i ...