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Sea Levels May Rise More Rapidly Due To Greenland Ice Melt
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Rising sea levels could become overwhelming sooner than previously believed, according to the authors of the most comprehensive study yet of the accelerating ice melt in Greenland. Run-off from this vast northern ice sheet -- currently the biggest single source of meltwater adding to the volume of the world's oceans -- is 50% higher than pre-industrial levels and increasing exponentially as a result of manmade global warming, says the paper, published in Nature on Wednesday. Almost all of the increase has occurred in the past two decades -- a jolt upwards after several centuries of relative stability. This suggests the ice sheet becomes more sensitive as temperatures go up.
The researchers used ice core data from three locations to build the first multi-century record of temperature, surface melt and run-off in Greenland. Going back 339 years, they found the first sign of meltwater increase began along with the industrial revolution in the mid-1800s. The trend remained within the natural variation until the 1990s, since when it has spiked far outside of the usual nine- to 13-year cycles.
The researchers used ice core data from three locations to build the first multi-century record of temperature, surface melt and run-off in Greenland. Going back 339 years, they found the first sign of meltwater increase began along with the industrial revolution in the mid-1800s. The trend remained within the natural variation until the 1990s, since when it has spiked far outside of the usual nine- to 13-year cycles.
Fucking hell, slashdot, must every other article be about global warming or trump or full communism now???
FUCK OFF
Um, sorry. As a person of a younger generation that will need to deal with the accumulation from this shit storm, NO. So sorry that you need to be bothered with news stories about the mess that you have helped create. Yup, it was far easier when we pretended we could talk about effects to far off future generations. It was incredibly wrong AND some of these "far off future generations" are now old enough to be able to understand that we are getting screwed over.
Look, I don't want to hand our offspring a big shitburger after we're gone. I don't want them to hate us and look back on us with disgust. But there's no way things are as bad as they say.
[citation needed]
I would have given money, changed my lifestyle, my purchasing habits, whatever was required - and I did, for a time.
That's not how it works. What's needed is for you to vote for people who will do something about it, and convince others to do so as well. Nothing you can do on a personal level means jack diddly shit.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
So, I hear millions of people are going to die... Uhh... How? Are they just going to wade into water and drown themselves? Are they going to walk into deserts with no water? Are they going to sit in the sun, day after day, with no food or water? People that believe claims like this are complete idiots. And many do. Actually, we should be lucky, considering much of the Northern half of the USA is usually covered in thick sheets of ice. It's only because we're in a cycle as described by Milankovitch where, yes, the world is warming. But this is only temporary. As our irregular orbit around the sun continues, we'll eventually peak, and then quickly descend into another ice age. So really, enjoy the warming it while it lasts.
They know the arguing in the comments will drive clicks. That's all this site has left. Scroll down the past few pages of articles, they're lucky to get 100 comments on any of them. It wasn't long ago that even the most mundane tech story here generated 1000+ comments. They killed it with marxist politics a couple years ago.