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"Our life is inextricably linked to the health of our environment. And water is
the link that ties us to everything on Earth. Pretty much everything is made of
water, or at least “with” water: our bodies and clothes, our industries and
constructions. Even unsuspected consumers like server farms drink crazy amounts
of water. And let’s not even mention the 160 liters we exhaust to make one
kilogram of plastic.
The entire cycle of evaporation, precipitation, runoff, and global water
movement is at the heart of our climate system, no matter where you live. But
the ocean ecosystem, moving water around the globe, is now in peril. Pollution,
overexploitation, and massive greenhouse gas emissions are pushing it to the
brink. Weather patterns are changing due to warmer ocean temperatures. And it’s
not just those living on the shores who bear the brunt; the oceans’ wrath knows
no boundaries.
My hometown in Patagonia is 150 kilometers away from the closest ocean, the
Pacific. Yet, most of our weather is dictated by what happens there: storms and
cyclones develop in the southern Pacific, then hit the shores of Chile, to
further climb the Andes Mountain Range, and finally appear on this side of the
continent, fading away towards the arid steppe and the Atlantic shore of
Argentina. If there’s any anomaly, like this winter, we definitely feel it."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
