The Arctic region has been a massive store of carbon for thousands of years. Now it’s warming between 3 and 7 times faster than the global average and that carbon is escaping into our atmosphere. The latest research suggests that more than a third of it is now a net emitter! And in case you’re wondering…that’s NOT good!
record low Arctic sea ice extent, but the extreme is in sea ice volume. https://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/icethickness/thk.uk.php
7000km^3 lower than just 2004-2013 average. Just a normal summer will set big record low next fall, potentially with blue ocean at north pole, and likely further record lows next winter.
Low ice extent is driven primarily by hot summer arctic ocean that is fed by early springs of last year. Air temperatures are not of extreme record warmth.
eyup. started in the twentyteens
Thank you, I was wondering about that, yes!? 😄
On a more serious note, I suspect that this is a part of the reason why we are seeing democracies failing all across the globe - the general populace is too selfish and short-sighted to do anything about what is coming, thus paving the way for people willing to make hard calls (even if at first they seem to be ignoring the climate situation, nonetheless what they pave the way to open up to likely seems like it could be gaining support due to this impending doom scenario looming over the horizon).
A lot of the people being voted in will just create bunkers for themselves to survive a cataclysm and leave the rest of us to die.
People are being more selfish than usual because they have internet algorithms that will tell them that they’re in the right. The internet has made people incredibly spiteful. To the point they’re willing to screw themselves over to make things worse for someone else.
This is a horrible horrible horrible take
You can make a good argument that is how Carter lost to Reagan.
I don’t doubt this is whats behind at least a few ethno-state ideologues.
MMW over the next 10 years we’ll see a rise in eco-facism.
I mean if the people in charge aren’t trying to save us … guess we will have to one way or the other
