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The Arctic is warming twice as fast as rest of the world
- smb06 10y agoMeanwhile, on the other pole, a huge crack is spreading across Antarctica. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/08/22/a-huge-crack-is-spreading-across-one-of-antarcticas-biggest-ice-shelves.html https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/08/22/a-huge-crack-i...
- philipov 10y agoWhen that falls into the ocean, how big will the tidal wave be, and which countries will it obliterate?
- mirimir 10y agoIt's already floating ;)
- smb06 10y agoGood question about the tidal wave. I'm not sure about that. From the article: "When ice shelves lose large chunks, it does not raise sea level because these bodies are already afloat. However, the loss of an ice shelf can speed up the seaward flow of the nonfloating glacial ice behind it, and this ice can in turn contribute to sea-level rise. Researchers have estimated that the loss of all the ice that the Larsen C ice shelf currently holds back would raise global sea levels by 10 centimetres."
- dogma1138 10y agoIt's sea ice so it's already on the water :)
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- saynsedit 10y agoWhat should we do? Does anyone here know?
- shanev 10y agoPlants absorb carbon dioxide. Grow more plants.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoFun fact: the US Midwest grows corn, which produces as much oxygen (absorbs as much CO2) as the Amazon Basin. During the summer anyway. So we're growing a lot of plants already.
- jwatte 10y agoMost of the oxygen we breathe comes from plankton. But we don't particularly care for or about the ocean -- we don't see it, and we can make money by ignoring its health. It's the American Way (tm)!
- smb06 10y agoClearly that is not enough because the levels of CO2 in the atmosphere are at never seen before levels: http://climate.nasa.gov/climate_resources/24/ http://climate.nasa.gov/climate_resources/24/
- joshuahaglund 10y agoAnd most of that corn goes to feed cattle, which produce methane (worse than CO2). So, what we do with the plants matters. Do we allow them to sequester the carbon or we put their carbon right back into the atmosphere?
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoUnder 40% these days. In Iowa the largest buyer of corn is Pepsi. Oh! Unless by 'cattle' you meant people?
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- Snesker 10y agoOh no the climate is changing. Nani?! What do you mean it's never stopped changing in the entire history of the earth?