CPOY 74 Interpretive Project Silver: Warmer Climate, New Nature
Climate change is starting to become evident, even in Denmark. If we take a close look, it is possible to see small signs that the nature around us is beginning to change. Some changes are direct effects of global increases in temperature, some to a smaller extent. Nevertheless, it is safe to say that that nature is evolving faster and more dramatically than usual.
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Slide 8 of 8
March 14, 2019
In a normal year, no more than five Ocean Sunfish (Mola Mola) wash up on Danish shores. In 2019 more than 30 were registered by April. The warm summer of 2018 lured more of them to Denmark, but when the temperature drops below 10 degrees celsius again, the Ocean Sunfish’s internal organs stop working, so they die and wash up on the shore. On the picture: Ocean Sunfish washed up on Denmark’s shore. Source: Øresundsakvariet (Aquarium belonging to the Deparment of Biology at University of Copenhagen)
Peter Nygaard Christensen / Danish School of Journalism
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