Alright fellow earthlings, we really need to step it up. I don't want to be a Debbie Downer, but bad news is everywhere these days and getting harder to avoid. This report, via Nature News (thanks to Climate Progress) shows that Antarctica is melting, and it's melting faster than before.
According to scientists at UC Davis, Antarctica lost nearly 200 billion ton of ice. The loss from just that one year was the equivalent of a sea level rise of more than half a millimeter. Oh, and by the way, that's 75% faster than 1996.
It's an interesting article, by the way, because there's some good info here about how they measure these things - satellite measurements of coastal ice locations, as well as elevations.
Anyway, things are not looking good and we need leadership at all levels. I watched the Democratic debate, and I have to say - props to all the candidates for talking about what they would do. Hillary in particular looked really sharp - calling for a Apollo program on energy. We need that and more.
Alright fellow earthlings, we really need to step it up. I don't want to be a Debbie Downer, but bad news is everywhere these days and getting harder to avoid. This report, via Nature News (thanks to Climate Progress) shows that Antarctica is melting, and it's melting faster than before.
According to scientists at UC Davis, Antarctica lost nearly 200 billion ton of ice. The loss from just that one year was the equivalent of a sea level rise of more than half a millimeter. Oh, and by the way, that's 75% faster than 1996.
It's an interesting article, by the way, because there's some good info here about how they measure these things - satellite measurements of coastal ice locations, as well as elevations.
Anyway, things are not looking good and we need leadership at all levels. I watched the Democratic debate, and I have to say - props to all the candidates for talking about what they would do. Hillary in particular looked really sharp - calling for a Apollo program on energy. We need that and more.
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