The current polar ice cap is confined to the Arctic Ocean and Greenland. (Not including Antarctica)
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.
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Glaciers never made it as far south as Maryland
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but I have photographs of my family posing in front of the 1 mile thick glacier right next to a sign saying ‘Welcome to Maryland’.
Back in the “next Ice Age” days of the 70’s scientists were proposing to mix oil and coal dust to spread on the ice caps to absorb the heat.
BTW- geology-wise we are still in the Ice Age.
Thanks. It still would be cool if someone made a map of ice in the United States, Canada and where ever ice was to show ice melting has been going on for centuries and will continue until it’s all gone if ever. I am frustrated that we let liberals dictate the message.
The current polar ice cap is confined to the Arctic Ocean and Greenland. (Not including Antarctica)
Well, did it rise or not?
No, it didn’t rise.
This entire thread is nuts.
Interesting. Why don’t republicans show this map everytime the democrats talk about melting? Thank you for that picture.
Because most Americans don’t know how to read a map?
I can’t argue with that.
>I don’t understand how they can get away with such a blatant lie when it’s so easy to refute.<
When you own the messaging platforms of most of the media you can easily do this. The problem for the left is the message is so blatantly wrong they can’t overcome it without ever increasingly ignorant lies.
“Did you see polar bears in distress?”
Nope...they are thriving up north...And Penguins are thriving down South along with seals and killer whales and Minky whales and such.
Quite :)
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