Snowfall that normally replenishes Greenland's glaciers each year can no longer keep up with the pace of ice melt, according to researchers at Ohio State University. That means that the Greenland ice sheet — the world's second-largest ice body — would continue to lose ice even if global temperatures stop rising.
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Greenland's ice is already the world's largest single contributor to sea-level rise. In just the next 80 years, its current melt rate would add another 2.75 inches to global sea levels, according to a study published in December.
I'm actually, genuinely terrified about the fact that several ecosystems around the world are about to, or have already reached their tipping point, while the most frequent discussion regarding climate change portrayed in the media is still about whether it exists or not.
Crazy how people are still questioning this shit. Almost like giving corporations way too much power and influence might have been a mistake.
Someone said this about coronavirus yesterday, but it's more true about climate change. We will have to end capitalism to solve climate change.
It's been some time, here is an article looking at it over the times, apparently people talked about this(albeit with limited understanding) since the 19th century. Yet here we are.
This giant glacier has remained unmelted for centuries. Yet, the petroleum energy Humble supplies — if converted into heat — could melt it at the rate of 80 tons each second!
Really Humble™
Have not heard that term before, but I think I get it and I hate it. Thanks.
Haha except when all the ice of greenland melts, it'll just be a stringy ring of islands with no icemass to connect them o.o
I promise that if a single snowflake falls in the UK this winter we'll still get the typical "Nigel Farage soyfacing at a light dusting of snow to own the libs" selfie fml
God, these things just get me so depressed, and we're just barreling ahead at full steam.
