OK, hold on to your hat – your ultra-tech full-brimmed vented fishing hat, Boston-style scallycap, Banana Republic straw fedora, Gillgan-style bucket hat, vintage-washed pastel crossed-oars cap or flat-brimmed snapback. Even if it’s one of those crocheted red, green and gold Rasta caps with the silly fake dreadlocks hanging out, just hold whatever hat you’re wearing this summer.

As the ocean warms up, there’s no lack of life on the coastline. (Photo by Paul Boardman)
Because we have some good news. And good news is hard to come by in 2020.
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