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Related: About this forumThousands of Nameless Short-Lived Lakes
Thousands of nameless short-lived lakes increasingly reflect a doubling of the mass loss rate of Greenland ice over the past decade, says Professor Jason Box, of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland. He says the same holds true for Antarctica.
Because of their dark color relative to the surrounding ice sheet, the short-lived lakes absorb sun light theyre like big solar collectors, says Box. He adds the lakes are increasing in size and number.
Rushing water plunging deep through moulins deliver warmth to regions that have been frozen solid for many millennia, says Sinclair, who participated in the research trip and did extensive video work while there. That lubricates the ice sheet flow and softens the ice, leading it to flow faster under its own weight, Box explains. One result: more ice bergs calving-off at the glacier front, accelerating ice loss.
Box says Greenlands sea level contribution has increased from one-half millimeter per year 10 years ago to one millimeter now. He says that loss rate is expected to double every five to 12 years. The next decade Greenlands losing two millimeters a year, the one after that four millimeters per year. By the end of the century, at that rate, Greenland alone would be accounting for about one meter per year just from Greenland.
chervilant
(8,267 posts)What gets me is the casual observations many researchers have been making about these things "happening faster than we thought they would." With the corrupt media ever so willing to play slavish sycophants for the MIC (It's a WAR on TERROR!), one wonders why they haven't latched onto global climate change as a way to scare us into utter compliance.
(I'm confident you realize I'm being facetious...)
daleanime
(17,796 posts)but ISIS is the real threat.
Old Crow
(2,212 posts)Peter Sinclair, who should be regarded as a hero by anyone concerned about climate change, is greenman3610. Few people have done as much as he has to educate the public about the dangers of global warming.
I had the pleasure of meeting him in a recent thread.
GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)Old Crow
(2,212 posts)I was just offering the point of information for those who might find it interesting. Peter Sinclair struck me as very modest. He may actually prefer slipping beneath the radar on here. But I can't help but call attention to him and his work. I admire what he's done and what he continues to do immensely.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)There are certainly untapped oil and coal reserves. For that matter precious metals and gems should also be in abundance. Yay!
AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)for they look away and constantly attempt to ensure the majority of its populace are somewhat forced to look away with them, so much easier for them to continue an obvious destructive path for the minority while ensuring they themselves will not find they are facing the same dangers of the regular populace.