Haiku 2023 – Marine Heat Waves

SST Anomalies from NOAA Coral Reef Watch

by Ashlee, Amy, Kayla, Nicole


Climate warms the earth
Marine heat waves more common
Brings more algal blooms

The winds change their course
Life-giving water stays trapped
Decrease cycling

Heard the blob is back
Salmon shrink and disappear
There’s no fishing anymore

Warmer water brings
Higher salmon mortality
People have no food

Otters need shellfish
Poisoned by the bad red tide
They are dying fast

Cars make GHGs
Gasses poison our oceans
Getting warm in here

Marine heatwaves
Getting more and more common
How can we fix this

 


Climate modeling
Says we have thirty years
To save our planet