CNN: Climate Change is Driving Fatal Shark Attacks
Eric Worrall October 20, 2020
Guest essay by Eric Worrall
According to CNN, Climate Change is making sharks more desperate by destroying the ecosystems which feed them, leading to a surge in fatal shark attacks on humans.
Sharks have killed 7 people in Australia this year, the most since 1934. Climate change could be a factor
By Jessie Yeung, CNN
Updated 0910 GMT (1710 HKT) October 19, 2020
(CNN) One morning in early October, a now-familiar scene unfolded on a beach in Western Australia.
A shark had attacked a surfer, who was missing. Authorities sent drones into the sky for aerial surveillance, emergency workers jumped onto boats to scour the area, and medics waited on shore.
Days of searching uncovered the man’s surfboard, but his body was never found. He was counted as Australia’s seventh shark attack victim this year — an alarming spike that hasn’t been seen in the country for 86 years.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/10/20/cnn-climate-change-driving-fatal-shark-attacks/
