As the early morning sun rises over the Great Barrier Reef, its light pierces the turquoise waters of a shallow lagoon, bringing more than a dozen turtles to life.

The corals are casualties of surging global temperatures which have smashed historical records in the past year — caused mainly by fossil fuels driving up carbon emissions and accelerated by the El Niño weather pattern, which heats ocean temperatures in this part of the world.

  • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
    8·
    7 months ago

    Firms working on decarbonization need IT, and if you’re licensed as an electrician, there’s a lot of work replacing heating systems and hot water heaters with heat pumps to be done

    • iconic_admin@lemmy.world
      12·
      7 months ago

      I know all that. I’m leading the initiative to convert all the sites my company operates to 100% solar power. Before that I led the initiative to convert to all LED lighting. I’m doing what I can, it just feels like I’m shooting a squirt gun at the sun when I read stuff like this.