Posted on 06/15/2021 9:57:18 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The scientist who led the international MOSAiC expedition to the North Pole on Tuesday warned that the point could have already been reached at which irreversible global warming is triggered.
During its expedition, the German research vessel “Polarstern” drifted through the Arctic on an ice floe for a year to also be able to research the winter at the North Pole, and the effects of climate change.
“The disappearance of summer sea ice in the Arctic is one of the first landmines in this minefield, one of the tipping points that we set off first when we push warming too far,” said team leader Markus Rex, adding: “One can essentially ask if we haven’t already stepped on this mine and already set off the beginning of the explosion.” […]
Presenting the information eight months on, Rex noted that the ice had retreated “faster in the spring of 2020 than since the beginning of records” and that “the spread of the sea ice in the summer was only half as large as decades ago.”
“Only the evaluation in the next years will allow us to determine if we can still save the year-round Arctic sea ice through forceful climate protection or whether we have already passed this important tipping point in the climate system,” he said. …
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"...so give us more munificent grants of taxpayer money, so we can "study" the problem!"
Nothing we humans do will have any effect on Earth's natural climate variations.
Maybe the Viking explorers were touting sale of lots for development to the rubes back in Denmark and Scandinavia.
Re “Bring on Greta”. Hell, sacrifice the little bitch to the Climate gods and see how much good that will do the earth’s atmosphere and climate, other than pollute it.
The Alaska Citrus Growers Association is thrilled!
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