🌿 A Fever Under the Ocean

Kia ora!
I’m Lima Rangi.
Scientist,
nature nerd,
professional
snack finder…

and
I name things.

Koru Brain
Antenna

This is Nan’s gift.

She says it
reminds me
to keep growing.

I say it receives
ocean signals.

Wait.
I think it found one.

Professor Flap-Pants
has a question

Why does
the sea feel…
weirdly warm?

Professor
Flap-pants

Hmm. Not just
‘nice swimming
 weather’ warm.

This is ‘the ocean
is running
a fever’ warm

Sea Spice
Stick

Time to consult 
the
Sea Spice Stick.

Sir Toastington
says
the rocks are
getting toasted,
too.

Sir Toastington

The ocean has been doing us a gigantic favor.

It has absorbed about
ninety percent of
the extra heat trapped
by greenhouse gases.

That helped keep 
the air cooler than
it otherwise would be.

But it did not
make the heat
disappear.

When seawater warms,
whole ecosystems
have to cope
with a new normal.

Fish-Face
Windows

Some species move
toward the poles
or deeper water.

Others cannot
move fast enough

The fish aren’t showing
up where they used to

That is not just a 
wildlife story. It is
a people story too.

Santa Aqua Sack

Oh, poor 
Santa Aqua Sack…

This Ghost Garden
was once full of color.

When corals get
heat-stressed,
they can lose
the tiny algae
that help feed them.

Ghost Garden

Bleaching does not
always mean a coral
dies immediately.

But prolonged heat
can leave it starving
and vulnerable

The recent global bleaching
event reached out to an
extraordinary scale.

Bleaching-level heat 
stress affected about 84%
of the population world’s
coral-reef area from 
early 2023 to mid-2025.

The Scarlet
Fever Map

Warm water takes
up more space

So ocean warming
raises sea level
—even before we add
melting land ice.

The
Measuring
Snake

The Measuring
Snake has
bad news.

The ocean is not causing
every storm—but hotter
water can make dangerous
conditions worse

And warm seas can
give storms more
energy.

Stormy Floaty Uncle

It is easy to feel
tiny next to
a problem
this big.

I feel that too. 
Even with my PhD

Ocean 
Tear
Jar

Worry is useful when
it helps us notice 
what needs care

Then we make a plan together.

The Fix-It
Treasure Map

All right. Bring me the Fix-It Treasure Map.

Wind Chaser: ready.

Community 
problem-solving
team: 
unstoppable.

Wind Chaser

Sun 
Snack Tile

Sun Snack Tiles:
sparkling.

The ocean protected us for a long time.

Now it is our turn to protect the ocean.

Right, Professor Flap-Pants?

Ever wonder why the sea is turning sour, too?
to be continued

Sir Toastington

I AM
professor