Following a conversation this morning about why climate change seems to have fallen off the national radar screed as a “hot” topic, John Hopkins, a biologist who recently moved from Alaska to Minnesota, sent me these two important stories:

From the Pew Foundation: Pew Project on National Security, Energy, and Climate Change connects the dots, and

From the the University of Alaska-Fairbanks’ School of  Fisheries and Ocean Science: Ocean Acidification in Alaska: New findings show increased ocean acidification in Alaska waters

The pteropod (also known as a sea butterfly or swimming sea snail) may be one of the first marine organisms affected by ocean acidification. Pteropods make up nearly half of the pink salmon diet. This particular pteropod is the Limacina helicina helicina. Photo by Russ Hopcroft, UAF School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences.

Thank you, John, for sharing. Love to know what others think. Why has the topic cooled when it is getting hotter?