Wow! I have a 4oz chunk of lithium metal which is worth a small fortune at those prices!
I think the biggest knock on effect is going to be mass human migration. Eastern Appalachia and the mid west are the regions projected to be the least effected areas of the US (and some of the tops globally. Huge resource allocation adjustments will be needed zenophobic sentiment will skyrocket, cultural warfare will insue, and yes pathogen spread. This will cut from both sides of the social/economic spectrum. "Poor" people from mostly the middle East and pacific islands will be forced from the current location. On the other end "rich" communities along the US east coast will be abandoned and they will flood the relatively low income communities causing mass gentrification causing massive economic strain to the native population. A New Yorker or Miamian with a 500k insurance check can live like a king in Battle Creek MI or off the I-81 corridorWith the planet already 1.2C warmer than pre-industrial times, scientists are predicting the Arctic could be ice-free in summers by 2030s.
Concerns that the hotter climate will release trapped greenhouse gases like methane into the atmosphere as the region’s permafrost melts have been well-documented, but dormant pathogens are a lesser explored danger.
Last year research showing they’d extracted multiple ancient viruses from the Siberian permafrost, all of which remained infectious.
“With climate change, we are used to thinking of dangers coming from the south,”
Dr. Claverie, a leading virologist said in an interview at his laboratory in the Luminy campus of Aix-Marseille University, France, referring to the spread of vector borne diseases from warmer tropical regions.
“Now, we realize there might be some danger coming from the north as the permafrost thaws and frees microbes, bacteria and viruses.”
Just imagine a virus emerging that Man hasn't been exposed to for millions of years.
A super-dooper measles for instance.
It is coming and that is pretty much certain.
It could make Covid look like the sniffles.
Make sure to wash your hands.
Nah we can use weed instead no issue there
Tipping points are like bridges we will cross them when we come to them, but they will also spur change along with social upheaval. We are on a technological ride into the future with no getting off except by the extinction of billions and the collapse of our global technological society. Extreme weather and ecological events will serve to drive change, whether it actually helps or not. There is nothing like getting your house burned to the ground to change hearts and minds and not being able to get house insurance will change even more.With the planet already 1.2C warmer than pre-industrial times, scientists are predicting the Arctic could be ice-free in summers by 2030s.
Concerns that the hotter climate will release trapped greenhouse gases like methane into the atmosphere as the region’s permafrost melts have been well-documented, but dormant pathogens are a lesser explored danger.
Last year research showing they’d extracted multiple ancient viruses from the Siberian permafrost, all of which remained infectious.
Ways in which this could present a threat are still emerging.
A heat wave in Siberia in the summer of 2016 activated anthrax spores, leading to dozens of infections, killing a child and thousands of reindeer. In July this year, a separate team of scientists published findings showing that even multicellular organisms could survive permafrost conditions in an inactive metabolic state, called cryptobiosis. They successfully reanimated a 46,000-year-old roundworm from the Siberian permafrost, just by re-hydrating it.
Dr. Claverie, a leading virologist said in an interview at his laboratory in the Luminy campus of Aix-Marseille University, France, referring to the spread of vector borne diseases from warmer tropical regions.
“Now, we realize there might be some danger coming from the north as the permafrost thaws and frees microbes, bacteria and viruses.”
Just imagine a virus emerging that Man hasn't been exposed to for millions of years.
A super-dooper measles for instance.
It is coming and that is pretty much certain.
It could make Covid look like the sniffles.
Make sure to wash your hands.
Migration will be an issue, with new people come new votes and values. By the time sea level rise becomes an issue global population should be in decline, especially in developed countries where it already is. Canada, America and the EU all have to import people to survive since we are not replacing our populations now and will face a demographic crisis if we don't. Japan is facing such a crisis; they don't want to import people and are depending on robots to wipe their asses in the old folk's home and man the factories to support the elderly. China's population is collapsing, and the government is helpless to prevent it, unless they ban birth control, I guess. The racist lunatics are trying that in America, but the result will be more poor brown people and fewer white ones, the opposite of what they desire.
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Yes a ice sheet is its own entity sea ice is ice that cover the surface of the sea. If an ice sheet extends off the continent that part of it is included in sea ice data.
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The Greenland ice sheet has seen some extreme heat/melting events. I wonder when it will let go. I figure it’ll precede big doings in the antarctic.
under a Cabuck a watt! yayI was checking some solar panel prices in Canada and was surprised at how cheap things were getting here, since we usually pay through the nose for things like this. I was wondering how much it would cost for solar panels to generate enough power for a house and EV for most of the year and supplement it at least in the winter. I figure battery prices will come down along with home power management systems when the factories start mass producing EV batteries. Solar prices are cheap now, but they will be cheaper and better by the time the batteries and EVs arrive in a few years. Right now, you can get enough panels to a maximum of 13,500 watts of power for about $10K Canadian, but realistically it won't do that well most of the time, especially in winter.
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With sea ice the weight of the water is already included. Ice on land does add it's mass to the ocean when it melts, thus adding to sea level rise.