While this will contribute to warming and make it even more difficult to avoid exceeding 1.5°C in the coming decades, a number of other factors are likely contributing to the ocean heatwave.
These include a massive eruption of an underwater volcano in the south Pacific, an unusual absence of Saharan dust, and a growing El Niño.
but please, let’s not loosen regulations on sulfur
SO2 emissions from fossil fuels have long contributed to severe health impacts through the formation of particulate matter known as PM2.5.
Studies estimate that the high sulfur content of marine fuel – which is much higher than levels allowable on land – contributes to between 19,000 and 91,000 premature deaths each year in coastal regions.
it’s not all doom-and-gloom
but please, let’s not loosen regulations on sulfur