Recovered Whales, Old Salmon Cans, Climate Change & Time

Today, you’ll learn about some potential good news about whale populations, what decades-old cans of salmon can tell us about the health of the ocean, and how climate change is literally slowing down the world.

Recovered Whales

• “Whale population recovers five years after hundreds washed up dead.” n.a. 2024.
• “The gray whale die-off on West Coast is over, NOAA declares.” by Karen Garcia. 2024.
• “Endangered Species Day Information.” Endangered Species Coalition. 2020.

Old Salmon Cans

• “Decades-old Cans of Salmon Reveal Changes in Ocean Health.” by Rachel Nuwer. 2024.
• “Opening a can of worms: Archived canned fish fillets reveal 40 years of change in parasite burden for four Alaskan salmon species.” by Natalie Mastick, et al. 2024.

Climate Change & Time

• “Climate change is changing how we keep time.” by Carolyn Gramling. 2024.
• “A global timekeeping problem postponed by global warming.” by Duncan Carr Agnew. 2024.
• “50 years ago, timekeepers deployed the newly invented leap second.” by Cassie Martin. 2024.

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