GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador: Warm morning light reflects from the remains of a natural rock arch near Darwin Island, one of the most remote islands in the Galapagos. In clear, deep blue water, thousands of creatures – fish, hammerhead sharks, marine iguanas – move in search of food.
A whale shark swims through the waters off of Wolf Island, Ecuador , next to Enrique "Quike" Moran, a local naturalist from Santa Cruz Island, Ecuador , in the Galapagos on Jun 9, 2024.
A school of black-striped Salema fish, native to the Galapagos Islands, swim together off the coast of Darwin Island on Jun 13, 2024. The Galapagos have always been sensitive to changes in ocean temperature. The archipelago itself is located where major ocean currents converge – cool from the south, warm from the north, and a cold upwelling current from the west. Then there is El Nino, the periodic and natural Pacific Ocean warming thatbecause of human-caused climate change as oceans absorb the vast majority of excess heat in the atmosphere.
Marine iguanas swim like snakes through the water from rock to rock as waves crash against the shore of Fernandina Island. They latch themselves onto the undersea rocks to feed on algae growing there, while sea lions spin around them like puppies looking for someone to play with. “If you don’t take care of them they become a problem and now it’s a shame to see dogs everywhere. We have a big problem right now I don’t know what we’re going to do,” she said.
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