ice sheet losses in Greenland and Antarctica reach new highs

[LockH]

ES Bible "Search found 8 matches: +anthropocene"
So here's another:
http://www.vox.com/2015/4/7/8352381/anthropocene-NASA-images

 

[jimw1960]

2015 shatters 2014 record for hottest global average temperature.

“2015 was by far the record year in all of the temperature datasets that are based on the instrumental and surface data,” said Gavin Schmidt, director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies at NASA, which made the announcement jointly with NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

“It really underlines the fact that the planet really is still warming, there is no change in the long term global warming rate, and we know why that is,” he said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/01/20/its-official-2015-smashed-2014s-global-temperature-record-it-wasnt-even-close/

 

[Eskimo]

Average temperature in january -18,3C. Golf stream might be weakening but when Siberia speaks global warming takes a hike

 

[nutnspecial]

I mentioned my thoughts on geoengineering earlier in this thread, and likely people didn't even know what the officials are saying about it. Whether believing in population caused change or not, this subject should be thoroughly investigated and discussed publically!

From Nasa, Jet Propulsion Labs. Started getting interesting imo close to 1/2hr in if you're short on time. [youtube]EsKfD0-sFzA[/youtube]

 

[Punx0r]

We're trying to have a proper, grown-up conversation in this thread.

 

[nutnspecial]

What, me? Linked material straight from nasa and jpl, direct and on topic?

Doesn't get any more adult than that son.

 

[LockH]

We're trying to have a proper, grown-up conversation in this thread.

Then why act child-like in attacking others? Better if you can site any specific items about which you have "concerns". Thanks

 

[Punx0r]

This thread is supposed to about Ice Sheet Losses (see title) along with general warming of the poles. There's already another active thread for chemtrail conspiracy theories, so is it not logical and reasonable that the Idiot Convention be held there instead of here?

 

[Dauntless]

We're trying to have a proper, grown-up conversation in this thread.

Then why act child-like in attacking others? Better if you can site any specific items about which you have "concerns". Thanks

Holy double standard, Batman! All he did was drop a reminder without a name. Even if there IS someone who regularly needs that reminder posting in the thread, one who makes those child-like attacks, yada yada yada.

And yeah, it WAS inspired by an off topic post. . . .

 

[nutnspecial]

Punxor deserved it imo. Now what about me and my post?

I must have missed something if this thread isn't about global warming/ climate change

 

[nutnspecial]

conspiracy theories

:lol: Oh punxor, I missed that post. I have nothing against you claiming objective anti-institutional research (or it's mention) is childish. . . . heck, I find extreme stigmatism to segregate and condemn it foolish . . . .

BUT, is there something about my post or linked material that somehow falls into your assumptive categorization? It is direct discussion by nasa and jbl on geoengineering (noted), which *SURPRISE* relates directly to warming/change

 

[LockH]

"Melting Greenland ice changing ocean circulation, Earth's gravitational field"
(subtitled: Disappearing ice cap wreaks havoc on the ocean's very structure, scientists say)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north...ulation-earth-s-gravitational-field-1.3437904

Pic caption: Greenland is losing about 8,300 tonnes of ice per second each day — ice that is melting on land and running into the water, as well as icebergs that are being discharged into Baffin Bay said William Colgan of Toronto's York University.

Glad I saw Nelsons column in London, England. (You know, before it disappears.)

 

[Punx0r]

Chacaltaya - what was the World's highest ski resort.



Built on an 18,000 year-old glacier that finished melting in 2009. This is happening a lot with glaciers in tropical regions and the obvious immediate impact is a loss of water supply to downstream communities during the dry season.

 

[LockH]

http://www.livescience.com/53722-january-global-temperature-record.html

January Smashed Another Global Temperature Record

This January was the warmest January on record by a large margin while also claiming the title of most anomalously warm month in 135 years of record keeping. The month was 1.13°C — or just a smidge more than 2°F — above normal. That tops December's record of being 1.11°C — or just a smidge below 2°F — above average.

It marks the fourth month in a row where the globe has been more than 1°C (1.8°F) above normal. Incidentally, those are the only four months where the globe has topped that mark since record keeping began.

Large swaths of the globe were painted red by warmth to the point where it's easier to talk about where the heat wasn't (that would be Antarctica, Scandinavia, East Africa and a few parts of Russia for the record). The telltale signal of El Niño's heat in the Pacific continues to be notable, but it's the Arctic that truly stands out as the most abnormally warm place on the planet.

According to NASA, temperatures in some parts of the Arctic averaged up to 23°F above normal for the month. No, that's not missing a decimal point.

The extreme warmth in the region sent sea ice dwindling to a new record low for January. Sea ice extent was 402,000 square miles below average, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. That’s the equivalent of a missing area of sea ice almost four times the size of Colorado, and puts this year right in line with a trend of ever decreasing sea ice in the region as the climate warms.

Since 1979, winter sea ice extent has decreased 3.2 percent per decade (the loss is much more pronounced in summer at a rate of 13.4 percent per decade).

The first half of February has continued the trend of pronounced heat in the Arctic with no signs of it letting up soon. The western U.S., which was also a hot spot in January, is continuing to see abnormal warmth this February as is the East Coast after a brief cold blast this weekend.

Global heat is somewhat a symptom of El Niño. The climate phenomenon of warm water in the eastern tropical Pacific might have passed its peak, but is still providing a little boost to global temperatures.

The big driver, though, is human-caused climate change, according to a Climate Central analysis.

With January off to record heat, it reinforces the likelihood that 2016 could be yet another record-setting year. The U.K. Met Office has already released its forecast for 2016. It expects the globe to "be at least as warm, if not warmer" than 2015, according to Chris Folland, a Met Office research fellow.

If 2016 sets another global temperature record, that would make it back-to-back-to-back years of record setting hot temperatures. That's never happened before.

And regardless of whether 2016 sets a record or not, some scientists think the world has stepped up to a new period of global warming. That doesn't mean every year will set a record, but "it seems to me quite likely that we have taken the next step up to a new level," National Center for Atmospheric Research climate scientist Kevin Trenberth told Climate Central last month.

Originally published on Climate Central.

 

[jimw1960]

Yikes! Looks like the Arctic ocean is on track to set the record for lowest maximum extent of sea ice this month (maximum extent is typically reached in February). It is also quite possible that open ocean could be seen over the north pole this summer for the first time in human history. Minimum sea ice extent is typically observed in September. This loss of polar ice will only accelerate the rate of warming.

 

[LockH]

In the future, lots more shallow waters to travel. Thinking Florida in the USA, the Bahamas, the Netherlands, Venice... lots of places. Sure would be nervous if I owned any property onshore/by any oceans. As a sailor, quite used to visiting places VERY shallow. On catamarans with centerboards and rudder blades up, only drew a couple of inches of water.

Should be investing in small boat companies now. Stuff like Boston Whaler boats. Rowboats and rafts. Ramps and harbour piers will need to be extended also. (Further up/onshore.)

Real estate companies get to offer lots more "beach front" properties. :wink:

 

[LockH]

"Antarctic ice shelf will disappear within the next few years, says NASA"
http://inhabitat.com/antarctic-ice-shelf-will-disappear-within-the-next-few-years-says-nasa/

(... a remnant of the Larsen B Ice Shelf - been around for the last 10,000 years - could be gone by 2020.)

 

[LockH]

"This Map Shows Where Climate Change Will Hit Us the Hardest"

In case the map isn't clear enough, the researchers described the most vulnerable areas:
"We find ecologically sensitive regions with amplified responses to climate variability in the Arctic tundra, parts of the boreal forest belt, the tropical rainforest, alpine regions worldwide, steppe and prairie regions of central Asia and North and South America, the Caatinga deciduous forest in eastern South America and eastern areas of Australia," the researchers write in the study, which was published in the journal Nature.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/map-shows-where-climate-change-160100393.html

Looks like chunks of China to bet hit hard, supplying the world with parts for ebikes.

 

[jimw1960]

Here is a neat graphical way of comparing the effects of different natural and human-caused factors on global average temperature. http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-whats-warming-the-world/

 

[Punx0r]

That is an excellently concise and powerful demonstration of the various factors involved. Thanks for sharing it

 

[LockH]

That is an excellently concise and powerful demonstration of the various factors involved. Thanks for sharing it

[Insert Thumb Up here] Plus 1 re this [C]omment.

 

[Punx0r]

I love how it address so many possible objections in a clear visual in all of 2 minutes. It's a great "just look at this" resource to show people.

 

[Dauntless]

Don't forget the carbon clock. (Scroll down slowly.)

http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/carbon-clock/

 

[LockH]

"'Warm Blob' Caused Wild Climate Swings During Last Ice Age"
https://www.yahoo.com/news/warm-blob-caused-wild-climate-swings-during-last-124125615.html

In part

A "warm blob" of surface water played a role in Greenland's wild climate swings during the last ice age, a new study finds.

Greenland's climate flipped quickly and brutally from cold to warm and back again 25 times between about 20,000 and 70,000 years ago, ice cores and ocean sediments show. The abrupt climate swings, called Dansgaard-Oeschger events, involved extreme changes in average temperature. Each time, the cold snaps continued for centuries, while the rapid warming lasted a few decades.

The new study adds to evidence that warm Atlantic Ocean currents set the tempo for Greenland's climate swings. The findings were published Feb. 5 in the journal Scientific Reports.

 

[Dauntless]

They're saying a warm blob is keeping the rain out of southern California.