Antarctica logs highest temperature on record of 18.3C

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A record high temperature of 18.3C (64.9F) has been logged on the continent of Antarctica.

The reading, taken on Thursday by Argentine research base Esperanza, is 0.8C hotter than the previous peak temperature of 17.5C, in March 2015.

The temperature was recorded in the Antarctic Peninsula, on the continent's north-west tip - one of the fastest-warming regions on earth.

It is being verified by the UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).

"[This] is not a figure you would normally associate with Antarctica, even in the summertime," WMO spokeswoman Clare Nullis told reporters in Geneva.

Temperatures on the Antarctic continent have risen by almost 3C over the past 50 years, the organisation said, and about 87% of the glaciers along its west coast have "retreated" in that time.

The glaciers have shown an "accelerated retreat" in the past 12 years, the WMO added, due to global warming.



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-51420681

[maj. tom]

Just imagine, in about 10,000 years when all this ice and Global Warming hype is over, there will be cities about the size of NYC or Tokyo on Antarctica, with access to immense mining resources the world has never used yet. 100 million years ago it was a Tropical rain forest.

And God knows how many wars will be fought and billions died to establish that sovereignty and identity of the Antarctic people, who will likely not be Homo sapiens.

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Climate crisis: Massive hole opens up under Antarctic glacier which could lead to catastrophic sea level rises

A massive hole has been discovered in the Antarctic’s so-called doomsday glacier suggesting it may be melting even faster than scientists have long feared.

The massive Thwaites ridge would send sea levels surging by up to two feet if it dissolved completely – enough to submerge major coastal cities across the globe.

Because the UK-sized chunk acts as a barrier protecting the vast West Antarctica, its melting would also destabilise the entire region by exposing it to warmer waters.

Now, scientists say a cavity beneath the glacier is far larger than previously thought – making it far more vulnerable to collapse.

The void, in total, is about six miles long and 1,000 feet deep — representing the loss of some 14 billion tons of ice.



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[shogun]

Read about this the other day, kinda shocked it isn't bigger news.

[redmanjp]

Just imagine, in about 10,000 years when all this ice and Global Warming hype is over, there will be cities about the size of NYC or Tokyo on Antarctica, with access to immense mining resources the world has never used yet. 100 million years ago it was a Tropical rain forest.

And God knows how many wars will be fought and billions died to establish that sovereignty and identity of the Antarctic people, who will likely not be Homo sapiens.

the issue is how fast it's melting can't be explained by natural cycles which take millions of years; now it's a couple centuries coinciding with man-made emissions

[redmanjp]

but 18C? ent that was the temp in Trinidad just d other day?

[maj. tom]

I think it's very much settled by all scientific arguments that the current trend of Global Warming is largely man-made, however only deep time will truly be able to evidence this long, long, long after all our civilizations are gone and settled in other star systems. So I really wasn't fighting up any point there.

There is nothing we can do at this point to stop or even reduce Global Warming either. It will continue and life on Earth will adapt. Can't fight the rising sea levels you know. Time will pass and millions of people will have to migrate from current coastal cities. Not a single thing we can do about any of it, but press on our technological and energy production advancements at pace. I was just imagining how the very distant future will be for the people who will live in Antarctica. Evolved and adapted to 6 months of darkness/light. Tropical jungles in 6 months of darkness at 35°C.

[antlind]

Just imagine, in about 10,000 years when all this ice and Global Warming hype is over, there will be cities about the size of NYC or Tokyo on Antarctica, with access to immense mining resources the world has never used yet. 100 million years ago it was a Tropical rain forest.

And God knows how many wars will be fought and billions died to establish that sovereignty and identity of the Antarctic people, who will likely not be Homo sapiens.

Maybe under all that ice is the true answer to the question.....where did we come from. Too bad I won’t be around.

[Rovin]

agreed with alot of what tom saying

yea we all shud do our own lil part to conserve & save d earth but sometimes things will go as it may & it eh make no sense hotting up ur head on stuff u cant control .....

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[maj. tom]

Antarctic island hits record temperature of 20.75°C
Antarctica has exceeded 20C for the first time, after researchers logged a temperature of 20.75C on an island off the coast of the peninsula.

Brazilian scientist Carlos Schaefer told AFP they had "never seen a temperature this high in Antarctica".

But he warned the temperature, logged on 9 February, was just one reading and not part of a long-term data set.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51500692

Just now yuh go see a Trini making a beach lime in the Antarctic with a cooler.

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Just like there was a point in the earth called the Permian extinction that wiped out 96% of life, then the extinction event that wiped out dinosaurs and countless other life on earth. So too will global warming displace humans and not a damn thing we can do about it no matter how much carbon emission we cut out, some scientists believe we should currently be in another ice age right now and it is global warming that is currently preventing that from happening. So which do you all want? another ice age or current global warming? coconut trees and other palm do not grow in cold they die eh.

There is only one thing that is sure in all of this, the Crocodile family will outlive us and be the rightful rulers of the earth as they have been doing for 250 million years now. The rest of us will go the way of the Dodo sooner or later until the sun finally starts to become hotter and expand killing every life on earth.

[sMASH]

with any significant volcanic activity, or reduction of air traffic, the changes in the atmospheric particles, show up a noticeable change in temps, due to the change in albedo during those events.

we can reduce atmospheric temps by increasing albedo, and have it be more significant if we do it on a large enough scale.
the problem is, with reduction of snow cover, we would have to do massive structures just to keep pace with albedo change

the recent report on the amazon forests fliping into a net source of CO2 instead of of a CO2 sink, will drive up the green house effect. any carbon capture will also just be trying to keep step with the increase.


its been a good run we had, nice knowing u all.