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“This trend will only
further accelerate with
global warming,” said
Thomas Frolicher, a
climate scientist at the
University of Bern in
Switzerland, who led the
research.
His team defined ma-
rine heat waves as ex-
treme events in which
sea-surface
tempera-
tures exceeded the 99th
What we haven’t focused
on before is that the rise in
the average comes at you in
clumps of very hot days
percentile of measure-
ments for a given loca-
tion. Because oceans
both absorb and release
heat more slowly than
air, most marine heat
waves last for at least
several days — and some
for several weeks, said
Frolicher.
“We knew that aver-
age temperatures were
rising. What we haven’t
focused on before is that
the rise in the average
comes at you in clumps
of very hot days — a
shock of several days or
weeks of very high tem-
peratures,” said Michael
Oppenheimer, a Princ-
eton University climate
scientist who was not in-
volved in the study.
Many sea critters have
evolved to survive with-
in a fairly narrow band of
temperatures compared
to creatures on land, and
even incremental warm-
ing can be disruptive.
Some free-swimming
sea animals like bat rays
or lobsters may shift
their routines. But sta-
tionary organisms like
coral reefs and kelp for-
ests “are in real peril,”
said Michael Burrows,
an ecologist at the Scot-
tish Marine Institute,
who was not part of the
research.
In 2016 and 2017, per-
sistent high ocean tem-
peratures off eastern
Australia killed off as
much as half of the shal-
low water corals of the
Strong
sity depends upon a fair-
ly small amount of the
ocean floor.”
The latest study in Na-
ture relied on satellite
data and other records
of sea-surface tempera-
tures including from
ships and buoys.
It didn’t include the
recent
record-break-
ing measurements off
Scripps Pier in San Di-
ego — which reached 79.5
degrees Fahrenheit on
August 9 — but Frolicher
and Miller said the event
was an example of a ma-
rine heat wave.
Miller said he knew
something was odd when
he spotted a school of
bat rays — which typi-
cally only congregate in
pockets of warm water
— swimming just off the
pier earlier this month.
Changes in ocean cir-
culation
associated
with warmer surface
waters will likely mean
decreased
production
of phytoplankton — the
tiny organisms that form
the basis of the marine
food web, he said.
Marine
biologists
nicknamed a patch of
persistent high tempera-
tures in the Pacific Ocean
between 2013 and 2016
“the Blob.” During that
period, decreased phy-
toplankton production
led to a cascading lack of
food for many species,
causing thousands of
California sea lion pups
to starve, said Miller.
South Seattle Police Precinct Picnic
Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best enjoys herself during the South Seattle Police Precinct picnic Aug. 12 at Holly Park Community Church.
Sanctuary
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grants safe from profiling.
Called “Oregonians United
Against Profiling,” the campaign
launched last month to protect
the state’s sanctuary status from
being thrown out if Measure 105
is passed in November.
“The optimism is great, but we
need to be cautious with that, be-
cause no election result is guar-
anteed,” Andrea Williams, exec-
utive director of Causa Oregon,
told The Skanner. Her organiza-
tion, which works to protect Lati-
no immigrants’ rights, is behind
the formation of the new cam-
paign.
“We have to remain very in-
volved because you never want to
underestimate the power of your
opponents,” she continued.
Those opponents include the
Repeal Oregon Sanctuary Law
Committee which, according to
Ballotpedia, has received a total
of $336,582 in contributions. Its
top donor is the Federation for
American Immigration Reform
(FAIR), which pitched in $177,800.
FAIR, along with measure sup-
porter Oregonians for Immigra-
tion Reform (OFIR), have both
been identified as “extremist hate
groups” by the Southern Poverty
Law Center.
Measure 105 was initially pro-
posed by three republican repre-
sentatives – Sal Esquivel (District
6), Mike Nearman (District-23),
and Greg Barreto (District 58) –
with the intention of removing
the sanctuary law through voter
approval.
If they’re successful, Williams
fears that Oregon could be-
come a “show me your papers”
“
Williams fears
that Oregon
could become a
‘show me your
papers’ state
state, where an individual can
be stopped, detained or interro-
gated just because someone else
thinks they might be an undocu-
mented immigrant.
Oregon’s “sanctuary” law was
originally passed in 1987 with
the near unanimous support of
state republicans and democrats.
The sanctuary status delineates
between the roles of local and fed-
eral law enforcement related to
immigration. Moreover, it gives
clear guidance to local police on
how to handle complex immigra-
tion policy.
Simply put, Oregon police and
personnel – as well as state funds,
equipment and facilities – cannot
be used for activities that are the
responsibility of federal immi-
gration agents.
The law was initially approved
to cease unfair racial profiling
of those presumed to be undoc-
umented individuals residing
in Oregon, a practice which put
strain on local resources.
“Local police are already
stretched too thin, 911 calls in ru-
ral communities are going unan-
swered, and budgets are tight. We
shouldn’t divert Oregon taxpayer
money to do the job of federal im-
migration enforcement,” stated
mayor of Silverton Kyle Palmer
on the campaign’s website.
Advocates maintain that the
state’s “sanctuary status” does
not mean, however, that Oregon
law enforcement will turn a blind
eye to crimes committed by indi-
viduals, including undocument-
ed immigrants.
Instead, the sanctuary law man-
dates that police cannot arrest
someone solely based on suspi-
cions about their immigration
status.
“If you read the actual law that
was passed… when somebody has
actually committed a crime, then
local police and federal immigra-
tion can work together,” Williams
said.
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before slavery or colonization, and her
portfolio includes several African-in-
spired designs.
That interest intersects with Strong’s
passion for social justice and for help-
ing marginalized communities. She
isn’t sure exactly what she wants to do
once she’s finished with her education.
“I want to be the one to tell people’s
stories,” Strong said. She also wants to
highlight images of people and styles
that aren’t always well represented in
high fashion or in mainstream culture,
and to find a way to help low-income
people, women and people of color. “I
think starting with the root of it all is to
represent people who are underrepre-
sented.”
For now, though, Strong is looking
forward to immersing herself in Italian
culture. She leaves in mid-September
and classes start at the first of October.
The curriculum starts with course-
work in sewing and design, and allows
“
I want to be the
one to tell people’s
stories
for collaboration between students
with different concentrations.
“I kind of don’t have an expectation
for what I experience, Strong said. “I
want to be open and sensitive.”
Strong is also not afraid to create
art that causes a stir. Her portfolio in-
cludes a series of charcoal drawings
focused on childbirth, the
first of which was contro-
versial when they were part
of a student art display at
Clackamas High School.
(She later transferred to a
virtual academy before en-
rolling at De La Salle.) The
initial kerfuffle made her
double down and add to
the series; while the scenes
show partial nudity, they
just portray real life, she
said.
“Everything I do kind of
stems from that rebellion
and pride. I’m very proud of
where I come from and who
I come from,” Strong said.
PHOTO BY CHRISTEN MCCURDY
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Great Barrier Reef —
with significant conse-
quences for other crea-
tures dependent upon
the reef.
“One in every four
fish in the ocean lives in
or around coral reefs,”
said Ove Hoegh-Guld-
berg, a marine biolo-
gist at the University of
Queensland. “So much
of the ocean’s biodiver-
PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED
Heat
McKenzie Strong leaves for Florence, Italy in mid-September
to begin studying fashion design at Polimoda School this fall.
Strong is interested in the intersection between fashion, history,
storytelling and social justice.