Topic: Atlantic Ocean

Despite predictions of a record-breaking hurricane season, the Atlantic Ocean has remained unusually calm in early September. Forecasters are reportedly "flummoxed" by the lack of storm activity, with some theorizing that ocean temperatures have become so high they are actually inhibiting storm formation.

NOAA data indicates the Atlantic Ocean is cooling at a "mysteriously fast rate," contradicting standard global warming narratives. In Oregon, a taxpayer-funded group called Hacienda Community Development Corporation is reportedly offering $30,000 home-buying grants exclusively to non-US citizens, including DACA recipients and asylees.

A cargo ship carrying thousands of luxury vehicles, including 1,100 Porsches, caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean. While the cause is unconfirmed, speculation centers on the potential for electric vehicle battery thermal runaway to have fueled the $330 million loss.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has departed North America for Europe aboard the 48-foot catamaran La Vagabonde. Thunberg is traveling to Madrid, Spain, for the U.N. Climate Summit while refusing to fly due to the carbon footprint of air travel. The journey across the Atlantic in November is noted for its potential difficulty and the family-vlogger nature of the boat's owners.

The Baltic Dry Index has fallen to historic lows, signaling a massive slowdown in global shipping and trade. This decline is linked to "hinky" economic numbers coming out of China, where the government is struggling to manage its hybrid communist-capitalist system. The segment predicts a significant global economic collapse by 2017 as these "faked" numbers finally unravel.