This makes it a huge storehouse of carbon: By some estimates, Arctic permafrost contains about twice as much carbon as is currently in the atmosphere.
This is crazy!!
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related to instability of the polar jet stream that encircles Earth at high northern latitudes
This is interesting. I have not heard of the jet stream contributing to localized warming events before.
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I have also read about how climate change is intensifying the international and domestic conflicts of some nations because of water scarcity and desertification.
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“In our view, the consideration of tipping points helps to define that we are in a climate emergency,” they wrote.Editors’ Picks17 Cooking Tips Our Food Staff Swears ByA Rare Menu That Tells the Truth: The Pork? Greasy. The Beef? Meh.Can Cute Windows Resurrect a Depressed Town in
The idea of these tipping points, and the irreversible and devastating ecological consequences that come with them, are what have scared me into caring so much about climate change. I wonder if more people know about these consequences if they would care more?
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mitigation.”
looking at the details: The fact that their mission is to mitigate the effects of climate change, rather than prevent or reverse them, shows the direness of the situation. They believe that we are at a point where attacking the source of climate change and seeking to reverse it realistically isn't the most urgent option.
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