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Related: About this forumDarkening of Melting Arctic Amplifying Global Warming from CO2
http://www.juancole.com/2014/02/darkening-amplifying-warming.htmlDarkening of Melting Arctic Amplifying Global Warming from CO2
By Juan Cole | Feb. 25, 2014
(By Jacob Chamberlain)
One of nature's key defenses against global warmingthe reflection of the sun's rays away from Earth by Arctic sea icehas fallen victim to global warming. And according to a study published Monday, the vicious feedback loop is worse than previously thought.
The new research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows the ability of the Arctic ice to reflect sunlightknown scientifically as albedohas decreased dramatically since 1979, with the calculations showing the region's ability to reflect sunlight diminished more than twice what previous studies have shown.
As less of the sun's rays are reflected back into space, the open ocean absorbs more heat leading to additional ice melt in the region. The problem is both self-feeding and a source of deep concern for scientists and those concerned about climate change.
"That is big unexpectedly big," said the study's lead author Ian Eisenman, a climate scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in California, on the rate of loss. "Arctic sea ice retreat has been an important player in the global warming that we've observed during recent decades."
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Darkening of Melting Arctic Amplifying Global Warming from CO2 (Original Post)
unhappycamper
Feb 2014
OP
We need to start cranking up the deployment of low carbon renewable technologies now.
kristopher
Feb 2014
#1
kristopher
(29,798 posts)1. We need to start cranking up the deployment of low carbon renewable technologies now.
They can be deployed at an incredible rate if we set our minds to doing it on the scale of our World War II military buildup.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)2. Unfortunately for Planet Earth and Species Human, "God is in the mix."
NOTHING is gonna get done.
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)3. And god ain't nothing more than dog spelled backwards! n/t
daleanime
(17,796 posts)4. Kick....
toby jo
(1,269 posts)5. 'Global warming as the weapon of mass destruction'
Very good. That statement stands and could be the one that gets our continently frightened righties on board.