Lest I jinx it, I’ll mention in a nonchalant manner, i.e. in a whisper, the ocean water has finally warmed to the summer task. Nothing balmy just yet, but last weekend saw many bathers hitting the suds, unlike the weeks on end when the water couldn’t bust out of the 50s. Alarmingly, ocean temperature forecasts – there is such a thing – predict a downward trend. Better jump in quickly.
The recent ocean temp uptick, compliments of a process called downwelling, arrived sporting mats of dead eelgrass,…
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