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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1950951/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1950951/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Climate Ready: Evidence in New York City shows rapid glacier melt is leading to real-world effects #16097906 <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GlacierMelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlacierMelt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ice</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SeaLevelRise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLevelRise</span></a></p>
anlomedad<p>Still haven't gotten around comprehending how to convert a lat-lon grid with ice thickness to a correct regional sum of freshwater amount in Gt. </p><p>But something else keeps popping up in my head now. <br>Peltier's ice model / reconstruction (dunno which it is) doesn't include sea ice at all <a href="https://www.atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca/~peltier/data.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca/~pe</span><span class="invisible">ltier/data.php</span></a> <br> <br>Tarasov's GLAC1D model does. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10159104" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1015910</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a><br>At least the melted parts of sea ice is included. But not the ever-lasting part. </p><p>That ever-lasting part is melting today, and has been melting for a long while now. But it didn't melt during past AMOC hickups. What melted back then was ice that covered Scotland with a whopping 400m ice wall. And higher ice mountains still melted in other regions. But not sea ice in the Arctic ocean. </p><p>...hm. What I really want to know is how the amount of freshwater influx back then <br>compares to the amount today, and how today's very little left-over ice would be capable of stopping AMOC.</p><p>We'll be having a blue Arctic ocean before 2030, says a new study <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/63fbcf2b-9acc-4ccb-ac12-9f3b78e85b68" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/63fbcf2b-9acc-4</span><span class="invisible">ccb-ac12-9f3b78e85b68</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-54508-3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-024</span><span class="invisible">-54508-3</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Heuze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heuze</span></a> and <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Jahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jahn</span></a> 2024, "The first ice-free day in the Arctic Ocean could occur before 2030" <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openaccess</span></a> 💃 </p><p>Wouldn't it be cool to know by then how much ice in kilos or Gt melted ? And how that amount compares to the amount before previous AMOC shutdowns during the LGM and deglaciasation? </p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/paleoclimate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleoclimate</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/sealevelrise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sealevelrise</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GlacierMelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlacierMelt</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AMOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AMOC</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/seaice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seaice</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a></p>
anlomedad<p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a> </p><p>Who knows what the meltrate was in Gt, the Atlantic freshwater input per year (or 100yrs) in paleoclimate, before an AMOC stop or strong slowdown? </p><p>Glacier and sea ice from East Canada and West Greenland, and on the other AMOC limb, NE-Greenland with Scandinavia and the British isles. </p><p>I would like to be able to compare today's melt rate to past incidents of ice melt and AMOC slowdown / stop. <br>And to be able to plot data along other proxy time series to get a feel for things. </p><p>Today's data is given in Gt. So that's what I'd be after in paleoclimate data. Sverdrup is not so useful to me.</p><p>Today's Greenland melt can be 444 Gt yr in 2019 as per <a href="https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/15/1597/2023/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">essd.copernicus.org/articles/1</span><span class="invisible">5/1597/2023/</span></a> by <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Otosaka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Otosaka</span></a> etal 2024<br>and on average 270 Gt/year as per State of the Cryosphere Report <a href="https://iccinet.org/statecryo24/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">iccinet.org/statecryo24/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> , based on <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Greene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greene</span></a> etal 2024.</p><p>Thank you for sharing my question🙏! And for pointers!<br> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AMOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AMOC</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/paleoclimate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleoclimate</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/seaice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seaice</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/glacier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glacier</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GlacierMelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlacierMelt</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Atlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atlantic</span></a> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FollowerPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FollowerPower</span></a></p>
sadele2<p>As the glaciers of South America retreat, the supply of freshwater is dwindling & its quality is getting worse</p><p>"Pure water has a neutral pH of 7; Lake Shallap now has a pH of less than 4, nearly as acidic as vinegar. It also contains lead, manganese, iron & zinc at levels that surpass environmental quality standards, according to Peru’s National Institute of Glacier and Mountain Ecosystem Research (Inaigem)."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlacierMelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlacierMelt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterQuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterQuality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Peru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peru</span></a></p><p>Gift link: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/science/peru-glaciers-water-pollution.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bE4.7tBn.sQTt8nIuMULW&smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/11/19/science</span><span class="invisible">/peru-glaciers-water-pollution.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bE4.7tBn.sQTt8nIuMULW&smid=url-share</span></a></p>
Gerd_Brodowski<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iceland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iceland</span></a> : <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatecatastrophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatecatastrophy</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/glaciermelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glaciermelt</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uno" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uno</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/sLDVhy1ukLQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/sLDVhy1ukLQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>See also:</p><p>„Climate change: ‘Graveyard of glaciers’ lays bare existential threat of melting ice“</p><p><a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/09/1154026" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.un.org/en/story/2024/09/1</span><span class="invisible">154026</span></a></p>
Killer Rabbit 90<p>‘Two incredible extreme events’: Antarctic sea ice on cusp of record winter low for second year running <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/10/two-incredible-extreme-events-antarctic-sea-ice-on-cusp-of-record-winter-low-for-second-year-running" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/article/</span><span class="invisible">2024/sep/10/two-incredible-extreme-events-antarctic-sea-ice-on-cusp-of-record-winter-low-for-second-year-running</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AntarcticSeaIce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntarcticSeaIce</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlacierMelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlacierMelt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateDisaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDisaster</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Sites with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radioactive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radioactive</span></a> material more vulnerable as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> increases <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfire</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/flood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flood</span></a> risks</p><p>Climate change increasingly threatens research laboratories, weapons sites and power plants across the nation that handle or are contaminated with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radioactive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radioactive</span></a> material or perform critical energy and defense research.</p><p>By TAMMY WEBBER<br>Updated 1:04 AM EDT, May 22, 2024</p><p>"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NRC</span></a>] considers only historical <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateData</span></a> rather than future projections in licensing decisions and oversight of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a>, according to a General Accounting Office study in April that recommended the NRC 'fully consider potential <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> effects.' The GAO found that 60 of 75 U.S. plants were in areas with high flood hazard and 16 were in areas with high wildfire potential."</p><p>Read more: <a href="https://apnews.com/article/wildfire-flood-climate-change-nuclear-radioactive-sites-72bf711fe931a051709e44199c656267" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/wildfire-fl</span><span class="invisible">ood-climate-change-nuclear-radioactive-sites-72bf711fe931a051709e44199c656267</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoWar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWeapon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWeapon</span></a> s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWaste</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeaLevelRise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLevelRise</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlacierMelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlacierMelt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PantexPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PantexPlant</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LosAlamos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LosAlamos</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CerroGrandeFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CerroGrandeFire</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SantaSusana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SantaSusana</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LawrenceLivermore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawrenceLivermore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hanford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hanford</span></a></p>
Killer Rabbit 90<p>Newly identified tipping point for ice sheets could mean greater sea level rise <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/25/newly-identified-tipping-point-for-ice-sheets-could-mean-greater-sea-level-rise" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/ar</span><span class="invisible">ticle/2024/jun/25/newly-identified-tipping-point-for-ice-sheets-could-mean-greater-sea-level-rise</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RisingSeaLevels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RisingSeaLevels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlacierMelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlacierMelt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuela</span></a> becomes first country to lose all of its <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glaciers</span></a></p><p>At beginning of 20th century, Venezuela had 6 glaciers.</p><p>By Ehren Wynder, UPI <br>Published May 10, 2024</p><p>"Venezuela is the first country in modern history to lose all of its glaciers after climate scientists declared its remaining glacier little more than an ice field.</p><p>"Climatologist Maximiliano Herrera earlier this week posted on X that Venezuela's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumboldtGlacier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumboldtGlacier</span></a> has shrunk to an area of two hectares and has gone static, downgrading it to an ice field.</p><p>"The Humboldt Glacier, also known as La Corona, was the last remaining one in Venezuela after the country lost at least five others in the past century due to the effects of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/climate/venezuela-becomes-first-country-to-lose-all-of-its-glaciers/1649382" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">accuweather.com/en/climate/ven</span><span class="invisible">ezuela-becomes-first-country-to-lose-all-of-its-glaciers/1649382</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlacierMelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlacierMelt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Ocean water is rushing miles underneath the ‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DoomsdayGlacier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoomsdayGlacier</span></a>’ with potentially dire impacts on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeaLevelRise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLevelRise</span></a></p><p>By Laura Paddison, CNN <br>Published May 22, 2024</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThwaitesGlacier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThwaitesGlacier</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WestAntarctica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestAntarctica</span></a> — nicknamed the 'Doomsday Glacier' because its collapse could cause catastrophic sea level rise — is the world’s widest glacier and roughly the size of Florida. It’s also <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Antarctica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antarctica</span></a>’s most vulnerable and unstable glacier, in large part because the land on which it sits slopes downward, allowing ocean waters to eat away at its ice. </p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Thwaites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thwaites</span></a>, which already contributes 4% to global <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sea</span></a> Level rise, holds enough ice to raise sea levels by more than 2 feet. But because it also acts as a natural dam to the surrounding ice in West Antarctica, scientists have estimated its complete collapse could ultimately lead to around 10 feet of sea level rise — a catastrophe for the world’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coastal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coastal</span></a> communities."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/climate/ocean-water-is-rushing-miles-underneath-the-doomsday-glacier-with-potentially-dire-impacts-on-sea-level-rise/1652924" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">accuweather.com/en/climate/oce</span><span class="invisible">an-water-is-rushing-miles-underneath-the-doomsday-glacier-with-potentially-dire-impacts-on-sea-level-rise/1652924</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlacierMelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlacierMelt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeaLevel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLevel</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>So, 20 years ago, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hollywood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hollywood</span></a> warned us that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> could interrupt the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthAtlanticCurrent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthAtlanticCurrent</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AMOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AMOC</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheDayAfterTomorrow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheDayAfterTomorrow</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlacierMelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlacierMelt</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>🚨 UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023</p><p>"Earth’s issuing a distress call. The latest State of the Global Climate report shows a planet on the brink. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> pollution is sending <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChaos</span></a> off the charts." - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.</p><p>By JAMEY KEATEN and SETH BORENSTEIN<br>Updated 6:11 PM EDT, March 19, 2024</p><p>GENEVA (AP) — "The U.N. weather agency is sounding a 'red alert' about global warming, citing record-smashing increases last year in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenhouseGases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenhouseGases</span></a>, land and water temperatures and melting of glaciers and sea ice, and is warning that the world’s efforts to reverse the trend have been inadequate.</p><p>"The World Meteorological Organization said there is a 'high probability' that 2024 will be another record-hot year.</p><p>"The Geneva-based agency, in a 'State of the Global Climate' report released Tuesday, ratcheted up concerns that a much-vaunted climate goal is increasingly in jeopardy: That the world can unite to limit planetary warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/preindustrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>preindustrial</span></a> levels."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/wmo-un-climate-global-change-report-warming-2154285aabb0cf83dc9ca4015ea0016d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/wmo-un-clim</span><span class="invisible">ate-global-change-report-warming-2154285aabb0cf83dc9ca4015ea0016d</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeHeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeHeat</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarmingOceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarmingOceans</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlacierMelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlacierMelt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UN</span></a></p>
BakersRelay<p>From the Los Angeles Times: “Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of volume if global warming is not controlled, study finds”</p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/GlacierMelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlacierMelt</span></a> </p><p> <a href="https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-06-19/himalayan-glaciers-could-lose-80-of-their-volume-if-global-warming-not-controlled-study-finds" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">latimes.com/world-nation/story</span><span class="invisible">/2023-06-19/himalayan-glaciers-could-lose-80-of-their-volume-if-global-warming-not-controlled-study-finds</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Himalayas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Himalayas</span></a>’ Vanishing Act: Underestimated <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Glacier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Glacier</span></a> Loss Unveiled</p><p>ESA, April 10, 2023</p><p>"Ice loss from Himalayan glaciers flowing into lakes has been underestimated by 6.5% between 2000 and 2020, impacting predictions for glacier demise and water resource management for over 1.3 billion people in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asia</span></a>. Researchers call for incorporating subaqueous mass loss in future glacier estimates and models."<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlacierMelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlacierMelt</span></a> </p><p>Read more: <a href="https://scitechdaily.com/the-himalayas-vanishing-act-underestimated-glacier-loss-unveiled/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scitechdaily.com/the-himalayas</span><span class="invisible">-vanishing-act-underestimated-glacier-loss-unveiled/</span></a></p>
Erwin Schrödinger Institute<p>Prof Georg Kaser will tell us today about the current state of the <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> 💦 in the course of a <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Schr%C3%B6dingerLecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SchrödingerLecture</span></a>. 🌍 🌵</p><p>👂 Listen to it on-site or via zoom. 💻</p><p>Zoom coordinates<br><a href="https://univienna.zoom.us/j/66935408073?pwd=TXpVQ09uZkZKLzEzUDNYMElJQjZCZz09" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">univienna.zoom.us/j/6693540807</span><span class="invisible">3?pwd=TXpVQ09uZkZKLzEzUDNYMElJQjZCZz09</span></a></p><p>Meeting ID: 669 3540 8073<br>Passcode: 962912</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/GlacierMelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlacierMelt</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/GreenhouseGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenhouseGas</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/GasEmissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GasEmissions</span></a><br>@stem_univie<br> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@univienna" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>univienna</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wisskomm.social/@uniinnsbruck" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>uniinnsbruck</span></a></span></p>
Kuwugan1Dog<p>Share from KIRO 7 News App<br>‘Climate change before our eyes’: Sounding the alarm as Mt. Rainier glaciers quickly fade</p><p><a href="https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/climate-change-before-our-eyes-sounding-alarm-mt-rainier-glaciers-quickly-fade/WXG7NSXACBD7LCETLQTNJGP4IU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kiro7.com/news/local/climate-c</span><span class="invisible">hange-before-our-eyes-sounding-alarm-mt-rainier-glaciers-quickly-fade/WXG7NSXACBD7LCETLQTNJGP4IU</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/glaciermelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glaciermelt</span></a></p><p>Sent from my Samsung SM-S906U1</p>
Thing1withThing2<p>Vast amounts of bacteria could be released as the world's glaciers melt due to climate change, scientists have warned.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/GlacierMelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlacierMelt</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-63655140.amp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-636551</span><span class="invisible">40.amp</span></a></p>
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