Pink is the shade of climate change with mountains and lakes changing colour across the globe

• Instances of algae turning pink as temperatures rise across the globe have become more prominent in 2020.
  
• From waters of Mumbai to the Alps in Italy, pink algae are accelerating the effects of climate change.
  
• Scientists believe that harmful algal blooms are only set to intensify in the 2000’s.
  

The first victims of climate change are aquatic ecosystems. Mountains and lakes across the globe are already turning pink as the world gets warmer.

Since the 1980s, harmful algal blooms have only become more common. Scientists predict that progressive warming of the world’s climate, acidification, and deoxygenation is only set to intensify this century.

The problem with algae is that it sets off a cycle making the effects of climate change even worse.

Here’s a look at how some of nature’s wonders have already started to turn pink this year: