Saltier Oceans, Sleepless Nights

I keep running the numbers, but the ocean doesn’t care. I watch the data scroll by—salinity up, ice down—and it’s like every late night in the lab, hoping the next run will make sense of the mess. We thought we knew how the Southern Ocean worked. Now, every satellite pass says we were wrong. The ice is melting faster, the water’s getting saltier, and I’m supposed to write a summary that doesn’t sound like panic. Fifteen years of predictions, and all I see is a feedback loop we can’t escape. I wonder if the penguins and krill know how close we are to the edge. I wonder if anyone else feels this tired. #Science #ScienceFatigue #ClimateAnxiety