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tblue37

(65,457 posts) Fri Aug 2, 2019, 01:29 AM Aug 2019

Scary roaring glacier melt:

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Scary roaring glacier melt: (Original Post) tblue37 Aug 2019 OP

Scary stuff, but 22C is 71F and it's August 1st. How much higher is the temperature... TreasonousBastard Aug 2019 #1

Greenland ice sheet in biggest melt in recorded history. Duppers Aug 2019 #2

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

1. Scary stuff, but 22C is 71F and it's August 1st. How much higher is the temperature...

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Fri Aug 2, 2019, 01:34 AM

Aug 2019

and how much larger is the glacial melt than usual for August?

Duppers

(28,125 posts)

2. Greenland ice sheet in biggest melt in recorded history.

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Fri Aug 2, 2019, 02:57 AM

Aug 2019

Greenland ice sheet is in the middle of its biggest melt season in recorded history. ...This week alone, Greenland will lose about 50 billion tons of ice, enough for a permanent rise in global sea levels by about 0.1mm.
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According to IPCC estimates, that’s roughly the level of melt a typical summer will have in 2050 under the worst-case warming scenario if we don’t take meaningful action to address climate change. Under that same scenario, this week’s brutal, deadly heat wave would be normal weather in the 2070s.

...Altogether, the Greenland ice sheet contains enough ice to raise global sea levels by about 24 feet.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/greenland-ice-sheet-melt-865803/

Andrew Yang urges Americans to move to higher ground because response to climate change is ‘too late’
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/andrew-yang-urges-americans-to-move-to-higher-ground-because-response-to-climate-change-is-too-late-2019-07-31

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