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Opinion: How Scientists Got Climate Change So Wrong

November 9, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Few thought it would arrive so quickly. Now we’re facing consequences once viewed as fringe scenarios. New York Times By Eugene Linden Nov. 8, 2019 So far, the costs of underestimation have been enormous. New York City’s subway system did not flood in its first 108 years, but Hurricane Sandy’s 2012 storm surge caused nearly … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Politics, Science, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: climate change, climate science, glaciers, Hurricanes, permafrost, Wallace Broecker, Younger Dryas

Arctic permafrost thawing

June 19, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Scientists shocked by Arctic permafrost thawing 70 years sooner than predicted Ice blocks frozen solid for thousands of years destabilized ‘The climate is now warmer than at any time in last 5,000 years’ Reuters Tue 18 Jun 2019 12.02 EDT Last modified on Tue 18 Jun 2019 12.58 EDT A cemetery sitting on melting permafrost … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Politics, Science, Thinking about Tagged: Alaska, climate, climate breakdown, climate emergency, decarbonise, permafrost, thawing, thermokarst, tipping point

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