Posted on 08/18/2024 9:33:23 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
Picture of ice floating
Researchers raised concerns after discovering sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic is losing its cooling powers, per an article published on earth.com. After analyzing satellite images from a 43-year span, scientists at the University of Michigan revealed the devastating impact of rising global temperatures.
What's happening? A group of scientists compared satellite measurements of cloud cover and solar radiation reflected by sea ice from 1980 through 2023.
They found that the cooling power of sea ice is not as strong as it used to be. According to the findings, Arctic sea ice has lost about a quarter of its cooling power since 1980.
Warming temperatures and increasing rainfall have both contributed to the decrease in the ice's cooling powers, according to the researchers. On top of melting and shrinking in size, the sea ice is also becoming less reflective.
"The changes to Antarctic sea ice since 2016 boost the warming feedback from sea ice loss by 40 percent," study author Alisher Duspayev told earth.com. "By not accounting for this change in the radiative effect of sea ice in Antarctica, we could be missing a considerable part of the total global energy absorption."
Why is sea ice's cooling power important? Sea ice plays an integral role in balancing the Earth's temperature. When the sun's rays reflect off of the surface and back into space, it creates a cooling effect on the planet. Without this, temperatures will continue to rise.
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Now, all the “scientists” need to do is to restore their credibility, and then people might listen to them. It shouldn’t take more than 2 or 3 generations.
World ends at ten again. Details at 11 again. Minorities and women hurt most again.
Ice is cold, mkay.
I remember it all too well. That was the big blizzard in Buffalo, NY, that made international news. Cows in the mid-west were freezing to death out on the range. Every fake news anchor was smugly certain that a new ice age was coming. Now they’re smugly certain that global warming is coming, and I hope they’re right. But they’re real good at being smugly certain about things that never come true.
From new ice age they switched to hole in ozone layer. From there to global warming. Now it’s “climate change,” hedging their bets.
Man-Bear-Pig lives!
In the 70s they screamed about a coming ice age.
When that didn’t work, “acid rain” would destroy us and all the trees. Like the very next day.
When that didn’t work, “global warming” would cook and skin cancer us up to death if we weren’t underwater from melting polar ices.
When they were caught altering data, now anything that happens is the cause of the catch-all “climate change”.
I called it Goebbel warming.
Oh, yeah. Forgot about acid rain. Before it all there was the “population bomb”.
Bull’s eye!
More junk science at work here I’m afraid.
NOT Trump Supporters? Oh Noes! lol
Obviously. They’re white supremacists, aren’t they. They’ve been known to eat Eskimos at times.
I’m thinking about applying for a research grant to develop a new form of ice which I will call Ice Nine. A few million should suffice.
Here, let my “science” meet my preconceived notions about climate change. Wait, while I prepare my computer models to do the same.
THERE! I told you so.
I just noticed that today, it took more ice to keep my soft-drink cold. Coincidence? I think not. I may need some of that grant money to study this.
Use the grant money to spread the message of doom and fear. Go to the DNC and get a vasectomy so they won’t have to kill you for the great reset. Ice is on a slippery slope.
Another global warming effect which will cause the Earth to fall out of its orbit and spiral into the sun.
When they can tell the difference between a man and a woman let’s hope they’ll let us know.
Here we go, we’ll all drown in two years. RATS excuse to raise taxes.
During the Cretaceous period of Earth's geological record, we had no ice at either pole, and the planet was covered with jungle from one pole to the other. The earth did not burn up. Life flourished.
If there is no polar ice we will be fine. We will be hotter and likely steamier.
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