Irreversible Meltdown for Canadian Glaciers
Jul 19
The authors are indicating that the melting trend may be unstoppable due to the fact that the current thaw of the white glaciers will be exposing the darker colored tundra and that will soak up more of the sun’s heat thereby accelerating the melting process. Other studies in the past predicted a heavy melt and indications are showing that it may lead to an increase of global sea levels of around 2 cm. This new study is a much more detailed and precise study and researchers are taking this a lot more seriously. The shocking part is that the difference between the two outcomes is equal to 75% more water than they thought.
Source: http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/canadas-glaciers-are-headed-irreversible-melt.html
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Canadians are watching the process in horror. Anyone with common sense who does a bit of investigating can figure out that a sea level rise of that amount can devastate beaches, homes and in some cases some of the islands in the ocean. It sounds so small, but when you add it up around the world, it is absolutely huge. What kind of morons don’t get this? We need to do something now to try to slow it down and maybe, with the help of some really smart people, reverse it.
July 15th, 2013 at 8:05 amYes, it is scary that the glaciers are melting and melting fast. I heard that some of the low lying smaller islands are already experiencing flooding and some have been evacuated. These people have lived on these places for generations and now have to move their entire culture.
July 14th, 2013 at 9:06 pmIt might help if the conservative political party didn’t shove mis-information down the throats of the American people. They have a vested financial interest in the oil companies and they really wouldn’t care if they world blew up, as long as they and their families were safe. They are all-about-me people and never venture out to think of the problems global warming are causing.
July 13th, 2013 at 5:46 pm