Alarming NASA climate report
- added July 23, 2008
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NASA Climate Report. Ice could be gone by the end of Summer 2008 not 2012 now! Potential of unlimited methane gas release due to the rapid warming of the ocean!
It is high time we all radically change our lifestyles in order to stop and reverse this trend.
It is high time we all radically change our lifestyles in order to stop and reverse this trend.
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- Vierotchka
- 1 month ago
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This video is kind of deceptive. It makes it seem like the arctic ice just keeps melting away and away, but the melting is seasonal. Every summer Ice melts and then it freezes again as the arctic turns away from the sun on the far end of the earths orbit.
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Then go explain it to NASA, I'm sure they had no idea...
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- Vierotchka
- 1 month ago
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I'm not saying it's not happening. The arctic is in constant fluctuation, as the video above shows. I was just pointing out how the original video dramatizes it in a condescending way that supposes people don't know anything about climate change.
Here is some info from an article on NewScientist.com which further explains the trend:
"You know when climate change is biting hard when instead of a vast expanse of snow the North Pole is a vast expanse of water. This year, for the first time, Arctic scientists are preparing for that possibility.
"The set-up for this summer is disturbing," says Mark Serreze, of the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). A number of factors have this year led to most of the Arctic ice being thin and vulnerable as it enters its summer melting season.
In September 2007, Arctic sea ice reached a record low, opening up the fabled North-West passage that runs from Greenland to Alaska.
The ice expanded again over the winter and in March 2008 covered a greater area than it had in March 2007. Although this was billed as good news in many media sources, the trend since 1978 is on the decline.
Young and thin
Arctic ice at its maximum in March, but that maximum is declining by 44,000 km2 per year on average, the NSIDC has calculated (see graph, top right). That corresponds to an area roughly twice the size of New Jersey.
What is more, the extent of the ice is only half the picture. Satellite images show that most of the Arctic ice at the moment is thin, young ice that has only been around since last autumn (see picture, right).
Thin ice is far more vulnerable than thick ice that has piled up over several years."
The full text of the article is at http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn137... -
Very powerful vid. Appears to me more than ever that our leaders are looking to kill off most of the planet thinking they somehow will survive and not be bothered with the rest of humanity.
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- victimofcoal
- 1 month ago
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maybe people need to be scared of the possibilities. cause that's the only way people get coaxed into action, with fear of loss.
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I think something to be wary of are people (scientists, politicans, etc) who think that diagnosing a problem is the justification for taking no action at all.
"Relax! The ice melt -- while catastrophic -- is totally natural so we should do absolutely nothing."
Well, I'm sure the ebola virus is "natural" too but we should TAKE ACTION to contain any outbreaks of it, shouldn't we?
The term "naturally occuring" is fast becoming buzzwords among the climate-change deniers for "let's do absolutely nothing."
Which is why the phrase "naturally occuring" is almost always followed by the accusation of fear-mongering.
"Relax! That Class 5 hurrican is a naturally occuring phenomenon. So don't engage in fear mongering by telling people that they need to evacuate the area! It's a natural phenomenon!"
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This videos graphics bug me as does the voice quality. Interesting....but the overly dramatic music killed my appreciation.
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Why must people be scared into acting on this? I
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I liked that it was translated to so many languages. that was awesome.
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