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Arctic warming three times faster than the planet, report warns
France24 ^ | May 20, 2021

Posted on 05/20/2021 5:42:02 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Oslo (AFP) - The Arctic has warmed three times more quickly than the planet as a whole, and faster than previously thought, a report warned on Thursday.

Arctic sea ice looks set to be an early victims of rising temperatures, with each fraction of a degree making a big difference.

The alarming finding comes from the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) in a report timed to coincide with a ministerial meeting this week of the Arctic Council in Reykjavik, which gathers countries bordering the region.

"The Arctic is a real hotspot for climate warming," said Jason Box, a glaciologist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland.

During the summer months from June to September, there is added heat from the ocean, which is increasingly free of ice and the insulation it provides.

And the warming is not coming to an end any time soon.

According to forecasts in the report, by the end of the century average temperatures in the Arctic are expected to rise 3.3 to 10 degrees above the average for the period 1985-2014.

The final figure depends on how rapidly humanity draws down greenhouse gas emissions.

Warming has immediate consequences for the Arctic ecosystem, including changes in habitat, food habits and interactions between animals -- including the iconic polar bear -- and the migration of some species.

The melting of hundreds of billions of tonnes of ice each year in Greenland leads to rising sea levels, which endanger the lives of people living thousands of kilometres away.

The receding ice has opened up economic opportunities -- often to the dismay of environmental activists -- including new fishing zones, new commercial shipping routes, and easier access to potential mineral and oil and gas resources.

(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: arctic; globalwarming; hoax; polarbears; propaganda; socialism
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

” expected to rise 3.3 to 10 degrees above the average for the period 1985-2014.” -— A period of 29 years is used for a baseline? That is silly.


41 posted on 05/20/2021 6:19:51 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Huskrrrr

The perfect pet for in case the ex wife visits.


42 posted on 05/20/2021 6:22:21 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Bulwyf

They will get away with the blatant lies as long as the govt. makes the so called researchers rich. Stop the govt. giveaways and 90% of this malarkey will stop.


43 posted on 05/20/2021 6:23:01 AM PDT by certrtwngnut (4- Do something,,,,even if it's wrong.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well I guess they won’t want to looks at this little oopsie then

https://www.drroyspencer.com/latest-global-temperatures/

April was -.05 deg C relative to long term averages.


44 posted on 05/20/2021 6:23:01 AM PDT by Technocrat (Trump 2020. For the Republic.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Aliens!


45 posted on 05/20/2021 6:25:23 AM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

We’re forecast snow and freeze warnings the next couple days so I know where the cold went in case “they” want to come fetch it. πŸŽΏπŸ’¨πŸš‘


46 posted on 05/20/2021 6:27:16 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Average temperatures have not reached freezing yet.

A better way to measure is to use wet bulb temperatures to measure the actual BUTs in the air. They are raising many hoaxes again to hide AZ audit.

47 posted on 05/20/2021 6:27:36 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

48 posted on 05/20/2021 6:30:38 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: certrtwngnut

That’s true, behind every scientists lie is a government grant.

We can’t even afford that, but they don’t care so long as their agenda is progressing.


49 posted on 05/20/2021 6:32:25 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: ICE-FLYER

Did you see polar bears in distress?


50 posted on 05/20/2021 6:34:25 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Everywhere is warming faster than everywhere else!


51 posted on 05/20/2021 6:41:16 AM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It always happens in places we can’t see.


52 posted on 05/20/2021 6:42:51 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston? )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Obama bought a mansion on Martha’s Vineyard that sits three feet above sea level at high tide. If HE is not worried why should we be?

And the Arctic was supposed to be ice free about twenty years ago. There should be shipping throughout the North West Passage by now.


53 posted on 05/20/2021 6:44:22 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ((Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

These reports always say the same thing; the world is about to end....but its still not too late to do something about it


54 posted on 05/20/2021 6:44:40 AM PDT by Archie Bunker on steroids (You may not take an interest in politics, but politics takes an interest in you "Pericles" )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

No wonder the growing season in my garden has expanded!

Soon, I’ll be able to feed the world from my small plot.

I’m also seeing more giant vegetables.

Must be the haze in the air from all the pollution China is putting out.


55 posted on 05/20/2021 6:45:21 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Fifty years ago there was a plan proposed to mine coal, grind it to dust, and spread it on the Arctic to stop THE COMING ICE AGE!


56 posted on 05/20/2021 6:45:52 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ((Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Arctic warms during the summer!

Who knew!


57 posted on 05/20/2021 6:45:56 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I feel like it is 1937 Germany, and my last name is Feinberg.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Can't say we weren't warned:

EC2-B00-A0-D031-4-F8-C-B1-CE-E07364-C7-F774

58 posted on 05/20/2021 6:54:51 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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To: qam1

“The Arctic is a real hotspot for climate warming,” said Jason Box, A STAND-UP COMEDIAN at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland.

...always best to start with a joke to warm up the audience.


59 posted on 05/20/2021 7:06:16 AM PDT by RouxStir (No peein' in the gene pool.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

3 * 0 = 0. I’m just sayin.


60 posted on 05/20/2021 7:22:25 AM PDT by Captain Compassion (I'm just sayin')
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