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The North Atlantic is in uncharted territory. The entire ocean basin is a record-smashing 1.5°C above normal, as millions of square miles of ocean experience strong to severe marine heatwaves. Off the coast of Canada, ocean temperatures are up to 9°C (16°F) above average! These record-warm temperatures are already having devastating impacts on marine ecosystems. In Florida, water temperatures have soared as high as 98°F (36.7°C), with coral bleaching ongoing and expected to rapidly ramp up throughout the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean in the coming weeks. Record-warm ocean temperatures in the Atlantic will also fuel potentially stronger hurricanes and a more active hurricane season. More heat in the ocean equals more energy, increasing the upper limit of hurricane strength and thus exponentially increasing the damage potential of storms. For example, a 110 mph Category 2 hurricane has over 2x the damage potential of a 100 mph Category 2 storm. With over a month until water temperatures typically peak, the North Atlantic is just 0.1°C away from tying the all-time record for its highest ocean temperature (set last year), which it will inevitably break in the coming days.

Persian Gulf International Airport in Iran reported a heat index of 152°F (66.7°C) today at 12:30 pm. Those are intolerable conditions for human/animal life.

Mira was born in Albania in 1988. When she was 2, the dictatorial regime fell. Because she had experienced regime change and history books that kept changing, she gravitated to the truth of math & physics as a kid. Source: @kevin_scott @Microsoft @miramurati conversation 2/10

Ha. Good old @DannyDeVito, explaining his Albanian origin. He even remembers how his grandma, bless her, spoke Gheg/Gegë, the Albanian dialect of north Albania / Kosovo, also found in medieval Albanian communities in Calabria and Sicily.