SURE SIGNS OF PICKUP
IN GLOBAL WARMING
(Taken from news paper Times of
India)
News from
the climate change continues to be cause for worry as a look at global numbers
shows that the underlying global warming trend is stronger than ever as shown
below.
1. GLACIERS (36th year of shrinkage):
Global ice is melting from Argentina’s southern Patagonian ice field as
observed in Nov. 2015.
2. ARCTIC ICE SHEET LOSS:
An ice berg broken of from a glacier floats near south west Greenland.
(2nd smallest summer ice pack extent ever in 2016 – 4.14m sq km).
3. GREENHOUSE GAS EFFECT (CO2): Above 400 ppm (parts per million)
for the 1st time in 2015 and unexplained methane boom.
4. SPECIES AFFECTED: 19% of the 8688 species are
threatened by climate change. Polar bears are among the several species threatened
by rising temperatures.
5. ABNORMAL TEMPERATURES: (Russia) – 6 to 7 degrees higher in
certain regions.
6. EXTREME WEATHER: (Southeast Asia) – 12 to 15% more
violent typhoons in the lst 37 years.
7. SEA LEVEL RISE: (+3.3 mm per year) – Rise 25 to 30%
faster from 2004 to 2015 than 1993 to 2004.
8. ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET LOSS: 2 m sq km less in summer 2016 (14.2
million km2 than from 1981-2010.
9. GREAT BARRIER REEF AUSTRALIA: Worst ever bleaching for the 2nd
year in a row. Affected coral is lost according to experts. Experts say the
great barrier reef has “zero prospect” of recovery from bleaching.
10. CLIMATE CHANGE: Year 2016 is the 3rd
hottest year on record with +1.1 degrees relative to the pre-industrial era.
11.BIG ICE BERG BREAKS: Ice berg 4 times London's size breaks off Antarctica. A trillion tonne ice berg, one of the largest ever recorded has snapped off the west Antarctic ice shelf, scientists who have monitored the growing crack for years said on Wednesday. "The calving occurred between July 10th and July 12th (2017) when a 5800 square k m section of Larsen C (ice shelf) broke away," the Swansea university said. It is about 350 m thick. The ice berg was already floating before it calved away so has no immediate impact on sea level. It seems that global warming accelerated the process. If the glaciers held in check by Larsen C split into Antarctic, it would lift the global water mark by about 10 centimetres, the researchers said.
11.BIG ICE BERG BREAKS: Ice berg 4 times London's size breaks off Antarctica. A trillion tonne ice berg, one of the largest ever recorded has snapped off the west Antarctic ice shelf, scientists who have monitored the growing crack for years said on Wednesday. "The calving occurred between July 10th and July 12th (2017) when a 5800 square k m section of Larsen C (ice shelf) broke away," the Swansea university said. It is about 350 m thick. The ice berg was already floating before it calved away so has no immediate impact on sea level. It seems that global warming accelerated the process. If the glaciers held in check by Larsen C split into Antarctic, it would lift the global water mark by about 10 centimetres, the researchers said.
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