Friday, 6 January 2023

Slip Sliding Away

New data suggests the planet's glaciers are fading away much more quickly than was expected (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/05/half-planets-glaciers-gone-2100-even-under-paris-15c-accord-data-finds). 'Greenhouse gas' emissions, at their present levels, will result in global heating reaching 2.7 degrees Centigrade above pre-Industrial levels (forget keeping 1.5 alive). That will result in losing 68% of the Earth's glaciers by 2100. At least half that loss, is scheduled to occur in the next 30 years. A loss of glaciers on this scale, would have catastrophic effects on droughts, flooding, sealevels etc. It's not a happy prospect. Things, of course, could get a great deal worse, if 'greenhouse gases' are pumped out at ever inreasing volumes.

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