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Sigh. The article doesn't say anything about how this compares to the "meltiest" day of years past nor does it provide any usable numbers which would allow the
by tofflos 7y ago
Sigh. The article doesn't say anything about how this compares to the "meltiest" day of years past nor does it provide any usable numbers which would allow the reader to put those 11B tons into any kind of meaningful context.
"Roughly 197 billion tons of ice from Greenland melted into the Atlantic Ocean in July, Ruth Mottram, a climate scientist with the Danish Meteorological Institute, told CBS News Friday. That's about 36 percent more than scientists expect in an average year."
Ok, ok, we get it. It's melting more than average. Now please provide some actual year-over-year numbers and include a projection for this year so can do an apples-to-apples comparison and start our manmade-vs-natural-cycle discussion.
- coldtea 7y agoGiven what we already know, and the already scary "36 percent more than expected" information, this sounds a lot like - Everybody! There's a 12 sq. ft. hole on the hull of our ship the Titanic! - Yeah, so? Gives us average hole sizes on other damaged ships that didn't sink, so we can discuss calmly for several hours after diner how important it really is!
- karmakaze 7y agoThat's not how I read that. It was "about 36 percent more [in one month] than scientists expect in an average year."