Torjus wrote:Sorry, but isn't this the same as this thread: Giant ice shelf snaps off, 'threatens oil extraction'
This handout photo provided by the Universite Laval shows Universite Laval Technician Dennis Sarrazin standing next to the new ice island, the Ayles ice shelf, offshore, in the Arctic Ocean, on May 30, 2006. (AP PHOTO/Universite Laval, Warwick Vincent, HO)
Ice island the size of London threatens rigs (link)
By Jonathan Owen
Published: 28 January 2007
An enormous iceberg the size of central London is causing alarm among scientists, who predict that it could be on the move in a matter of months, posing a potential threat to shipping and oil rigs in Arctic waters.
...Experts now claim the next 10 years could see massive changes in sea ice in the region. Researchers from the Canadian Ice Service have already seen average temperatures for the past few months 7C higher than they would normally expect.
worrier wrote:Wouldn't it be a good idea for someone to research a way to melt or blow up wayward icebergs real quick? This problem is obviously going to get worse.
Yes and no. Yes because the temperature change is faster than scientist have expected.Zardoz wrote:How many decades into the future did most of the climate models predict it would take for this to happen? The future is now....Experts now claim the next 10 years could see massive changes in sea ice in the region. Researchers from the Canadian Ice Service have already seen average temperatures for the past few months 7C higher than they would normally expect.
Captain, I think we have screwed the proverbial pooch.
Regular readers of Transition Culture will know that I try not to make a habit of presenting depressing or distressing information, but today I will make an exception. Yesterday morning I read Carbon Equity’s The Big Melt report which is basically a review of all the literature and studies looking at what happened to the Arctic ice this summer. It does not make for comfortable reading, and indeed it adds enormous urgency to to need to reduce emissions. It argues that to speak of 2 degrees being a safe threshold is nonsense, that we haven’t yet reached 1 degree, but already the Arctic ice is melting 100 years ahead of when the IPCC predicted it would.
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