Yuck. That drink was awful.
Then she felt seaweed wrap around her foot.
Wait a minute.
Seaweed?
In the jacuzzi?
She opens her eyes.
AHHHH!
She wasn't in a jacuzzi.
And the frou-frou drink was from a gross used plastic bottle.
Mama gnome can be dramatic sometimes.
But who knew real life would be even more dramatic.
According to this news report today:
"July was the hottest the world's oceans have been in almost 130 years of record-keeping."
The hottest in one hundred and thirty years...
Is there a gigantic water heater out there warming up the oceans?
Um...Let me guess.
Could it be...earth warming? Or as humans call it: GLOBAL WARMING?
I'm being facetious.
Mama gnome is quite familiar with earth warming, thank you very much.
'Tis a very unpleasant reality.
And to all who think the warm ocean waters will be fine by next summer, think again.
"This warm water we're seeing doesn't just disappear next year; it'll be around for a long time," said climate scientist Andrew Weaver of the University of Victoria in British Columbia. It takes five times more energy to warm water than land.So what can happen with oceans warming up?
Coral reefs are bleached white and can die off from the heat.
Warmer temperatures affect weather patterns including hurricanes.
Warmer waters affect ice sheets and glaciers causing the ice to melt and therefore sea levels will rise.
And then afterwards...
It's too depressing for Mama gnome to continue.
Mama gnome needs a drink,
preferably not from a gross plastic bottle bobbing in the ocean like these:
photo from: greenpeace.org
Oh, I know.
Mama gnome will just watch a nice, relaxing, funny cartoon.
That'll get rid of these "end of the world" feelings.
video from: SenhorCroft
Mama gnome is going to hide under the covers and hope it's all a dream or nightmare.
Seriously, PLEASE, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
Go GREEN.
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