Alaskans report waters are at the warmest temperatures ever, with no refuge for sea mammals. Greenlanders report that vast ice flows are now underwater as they break apart. Record heat waves blast across Europe and the U.S. Hurricanes are forming earlier in the eastern Pacific. The warmer sea temperatures will mean more hurricanes than ever.

Mussels are frying to death on the shores of northern California. Maine is noticing a sharp drop in lobsters. Red tide and algae blooms suffocate the oceans in the Caribbean. Polar bears and penguins are starving in the polar regions. Sea-level rise threatens thousands of miles of coastlines. Glaciers are disappearing around the world. Global fish stock has decreased by more than 4%. Does this not scare you?

While you might think all this has no bearing on you right now, what about your kids and grandkids?

We will be leaving them a legacy that our generation ignored the facts and voted for politicians who cater to big business.

This must end now or it means the end of the world.

Jon Shimamoto

Mililani

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