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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts) Fri Nov 18, 2016, 01:56 PM Nov 2016

The North Pole Is Now in a Death Spiral [View all]

The North Pole Is Now in a Death Spiral
KEVIN DRUMNOV. 17, 2016 9:50 PM

Speaking of broken things, apparently we've broken the North Pole:

Something is totally off. The Arctic is super-hot, even as a vast area of cold polar air has been displaced over Siberia...“It’s about 20C [36 degrees Fahrenheit] warmer than normal over most of the Arctic Ocean, along with cold anomalies of about the same magnitude over north-central Asia,” Jennifer Francis, an Arctic specialist at Rutgers University, said by email Wednesday.

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/11/north-pole-now-death-spiral

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The planet MFM008 Nov 2016 #1

The planet will recover workinclasszero Nov 2016 #3

The planet has been... Else You Are Mad Nov 2016 #7

It's China's fault. CrispyQ Nov 2016 #2

When the gulf stream changes greymattermom Nov 2016 #4

And the Mango Mussolini is still in denial Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2016 #5

Yup workinclasszero Nov 2016 #6

He isn't in denial... Else You Are Mad Nov 2016 #8