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joshcryer

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11. Albedo change is my greatest concern.
Wed Jul 25, 2012, 03:57 AM
Jul 2012

Arctic sea ice is going to be gone in the summer by 2020 at the latest (best guess is closer to 2013-2015). once that happens there will be a significant amount of solar absorption which will just cause things to cascade further.

It's a worst case scenario that no model predicted.

The best we can hope for is that the melt relaxes and the arctic sea ice recovers, but it's simply only a matter of time. The statistics don't lie: https://sites.google.com/site/arctischepinguin/home/piomas

We're fucked and yes I know I sound like an alarmist here. But I take that designation proudly.

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