Global warming

[Eric the Green]

(03-24-2017, 01:38 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote:

(03-24-2017, 12:58 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Arctic sea ice maximum at record low for third straight year

http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/

Minima mater more than maxima.

Also, and hopefully you already know this, sea ice is not glacial ice in any sense. It is frozen sea water. It is by definition seasonal.

What would happen if some summer, all of it were to melt? No one knows for sure. One possibility is, because there would not be ice in place as an insulative cap, and, a wave energy mitigation, there could be a combination of higher evaporation and more loss of heat to space, in the Arctic, during such a year. There may be an ironic effect of that ... the following winter might be harsh in the Northern Hemisphere midlatitudes. .

The scientific consensus is that more heat is absorbed into the ocean when there is no ice to reflect it back into space. Global warming will accelerate.

Sea level rise will depend on how much ice melts in Greenland and Antarctica. Things don't look good. Greenland melting has been accelerating for years now, and Antarctica stands to lose massive glaciers that could cause a rise in sea levels of 15 feet soon.

The USA voters in swing states decided to take the risk of a severe meltdown and warm up. Only cities, blue states and entreprenuers like Elon Musk can stem the tide now, and only if CA can keep its mileage standards. If cities can switch their energy sources to solar and wind, that could still help a lot. Meanwhile the Paris agreement still holds for the more sane nations, while the USA installs an insane, drumpy dictator into power whose only interest is destruction.

There are going to be a lot of unjust killings of species, especially the corals like the Great Barrier Reef which is home to so much ocean life. And these reefs will no longer protect many lands from the increasing floods and storms that will kill millions of people. Droughts and fires will increase. The USA voters have imposed a great danger and huge burden on the world, just to uphold "free enterprise" principles and the fortunes of a few greedy CEOs. The USA voters in swing states like kinser decided that the convenience of a few wealthy and greedy oil and coal barons matter much more than the safety of millions of humans and other species all over the world. Now THAT is the greatest and cruelest "treason" of our time.