"Scientists used to think that Greenland had lost about five trillion metric tons of ice since 1992. But now we know that it's actually six million metric tons."
I think you meant 6 TRILLION tons.
Older mind here. Doing everything I can to live lighter on the Earth. Let's live on the planet as if we intend to stay...
Yes the Grest Transition is here and we must adapt while also doubling down on restoring carbon, nitrogen and water cycles. Here’s another Wodehousian tale. The Greenland icesheet melt is measured by satellites with “surface truthing” by scientists on the ice sheet. Massive amounts of ice-melt water puddles in windows rows across the icesheet covering much of Greenland. So much water that it would cover Callifornia, if CA were flat, with 4 feet of water. Minor detail, 4 CA’s and 2 NHs could fit into Greenland. With all that melt water, it is not known if more or less than 50% will refreeze come September. The ice sheet is 60 miles from the coast. With warmer summers plants are photosynthesizing more. The long and short of it is that not much freshwater is observed reaching the ocean. I swam in the ocean in a Greenland harbor and the surface water tasted 36 parts per thousand, like the Atlantic Ocean, less than the Mediterranean(40 ppm) and more than the Gulf of Maine. With more energy going into the ocean water warms and expands, is less dense than cold water, and that is why sea levels rise, combined with more stormwater run off from the land. Deepen soils around your home to hold more water and there’ll be less sea levels rise, by as much as 25% less. Nevermind Greenland. Act locally when thinking globally, and don’t blame others when there is more to be done in concert with others.
It sounds like you are resigned to a bleak future of ever rising seas caused by runaway depletion of polar ice, resulting lost albedo and deadly release of the thawing subsea methane clathrates.
Many dozens of scientists, engineers and other experts have for decades focused— and will continue to focus—on plausible nature-based measures to cool the Arctic, tropic and mid-latitude oceans to avert the looming irreversible tipping points.
Strategic and cautious urgent research and testing is less risky than the risks and threats on failing to act judiciously and expeditiously.
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"Scientists used to think that Greenland had lost about five trillion metric tons of ice since 1992. But now we know that it's actually six million metric tons."
I think you meant 6 TRILLION tons.
Older mind here. Doing everything I can to live lighter on the Earth. Let's live on the planet as if we intend to stay...
Yes the Grest Transition is here and we must adapt while also doubling down on restoring carbon, nitrogen and water cycles. Here’s another Wodehousian tale. The Greenland icesheet melt is measured by satellites with “surface truthing” by scientists on the ice sheet. Massive amounts of ice-melt water puddles in windows rows across the icesheet covering much of Greenland. So much water that it would cover Callifornia, if CA were flat, with 4 feet of water. Minor detail, 4 CA’s and 2 NHs could fit into Greenland. With all that melt water, it is not known if more or less than 50% will refreeze come September. The ice sheet is 60 miles from the coast. With warmer summers plants are photosynthesizing more. The long and short of it is that not much freshwater is observed reaching the ocean. I swam in the ocean in a Greenland harbor and the surface water tasted 36 parts per thousand, like the Atlantic Ocean, less than the Mediterranean(40 ppm) and more than the Gulf of Maine. With more energy going into the ocean water warms and expands, is less dense than cold water, and that is why sea levels rise, combined with more stormwater run off from the land. Deepen soils around your home to hold more water and there’ll be less sea levels rise, by as much as 25% less. Nevermind Greenland. Act locally when thinking globally, and don’t blame others when there is more to be done in concert with others.
It sounds like you are resigned to a bleak future of ever rising seas caused by runaway depletion of polar ice, resulting lost albedo and deadly release of the thawing subsea methane clathrates.
Many dozens of scientists, engineers and other experts have for decades focused— and will continue to focus—on plausible nature-based measures to cool the Arctic, tropic and mid-latitude oceans to avert the looming irreversible tipping points.
Strategic and cautious urgent research and testing is less risky than the risks and threats on failing to act judiciously and expeditiously.
Sigh.
Amen.