Folks, it's time for an earth systems health check, and I don't like what I see. You know I don't like freaking people out, but it's important to keep our eyes open, and I think there's stuff worth looking at as you think about how you want to spend your time. Particularly as we investigate a viewer question about the North Pacific Gyre. Have you heard of that? I hadn't. Let's take a look.

Observational Tools:

https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/sst_daily/

https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/

Paper for This Video:

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2021GL092911