As much as we are loath to admit it, LBI is part of the world in general. As such, it is included in the latest alarmingly hot findings by NASA and the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, both declaring summer 2024 as hottest ever recorded.
FAR FROM BLUE: Bill Tallman displays a 117-pound sashimi-grade bluefin tuna. The impressive catch was taken aboard the ‘Largo Runner,’ captained by Win Taylor. (Photo by Jack Reynolds)
Copernicus offers a Climate Bulletin headlined “World’s warmest August completes hottest boreal summer on record.” A boreal summer runs June through August in the Northern Hemisphere.
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