Climate Change Part 2: Blind octopuses and lonely turtles

SEP 1, 202434 MIN

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Climate change will cause droughts, floods, heat waves, and might even make our vegetables less nutritious. In this episode we will talk about some of the consequences global warming will have on animals and humans, and how much of an impact we should expect. This is the second of a 3-part series on climate change.  A couple sources: World Economic Forum data https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Quantifying_the_Impact_of_Climate_Change_on_Human_Health_2024.pdf  IPCC Report on Extreme Weather Events https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGI_Chapter11.pdf  TierZoo video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hNb0sD7bD8  Octopus blindness https://www.ucdavis.edu/blog/warming-ocean-could-harm-octopus-vision