Ocean surface temperatures reach record high & more environmental news.

[View this email in your browser]( Tuesday, April 11, 2023 "The Earth does not belong to us: we belong to the Earth." — Marlee Matlin Ocean Surface Temperatures Reach Record High of Nearly 70°F The global ocean surface temperature reached 21.1°C (approximately 70°F) in early April, the highest recorded ocean surface temperature since records began. The recorded high beat the previous highest ocean surface temperature of 21.0°C, recorded in 2016. [Read More]( Related: [Coral Viruses Worsening Because of Increasing Ocean Temperatures, Three-Year Study Finds]( Environmental Groups Sue to Block ‘Unconstitutional’ New Law Allowing Fracking in Ohio State Parks Environmental and community groups in Ohio have filed a [preliminary injunction]( to stop the leasing of [public lands]( — including state [parks]( — to the [oil and gas]( industry. [Read More]( Related: [Children Living Near Fracking Sites Face Higher Leukemia Risks, Study Finds]( New EPA Car Pollution Standards Could Lead to 67% New EV Sales by 2032 In 2022, [electric vehicles]( (EVs) made up just 5.8 percent of new car sales. But that number could jump as high as 67 percent by 2032 if the [Biden administration’s]( [Environmental Protection Agency]( (EPA) follows through with tough new tailpipe emissions standards. [Read More]( Related: [Electric Vehicles 101: Everything You Need to Know]( ‘We Have No Other Home’: Alaska Tribes Sue to Stop Largest Pure Gold Mine If the Donlin Gold Mine is built as planned in Southwest Alaska, it would be the largest pure [gold]( mine in the world. It would also lead to the filling of thousands of acres of [wetlands]( harm [salmon]( and rainbow smelt and risk a catastrophic spill of 20 to 40 percent of the up to 568 million tons of toxic waste that could end up stored behind a 471-foot tailings [dam](. [Read More]( Related: [Conservation Groups Sue Biden Administration to Stop Willow Oil Project in Alaska’s Sensitive Western Arctic]( ‘Scary’ Study Finds Ice Sheets in the Past Retreated at Rates of Nearly 2,000 Feet per Day Evidence from the last ice age has troubling implications for future [sea level rise](. The research, published in Nature Wednesday, found that [ice sheets]( could collapse around 20 times faster than previously assumed as the [climate]( warms. [Read More]( Related: [Arctic Sea Ice Maximum Extent Is Fifth Lowest on Record]( Do you get this newsletter daily? If not, [sign up here]( or forward to a friend. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2023 EcoWatch, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up for EcoWatch Top News of The Day Our mailing address is: EcoWatch 1122 Oberlin RoadRaleigh, NC 27605 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](