Pictures (Then vs Now) - The Earth is Dying

Discussion in 'Science and Technology' started by OddTrader, Jul 9, 2017.

  1. Humpy

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    And the great Roland Dump declares to the world that it is all a Chinese trick !
    Go back to bed making - Dump.
     
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    Mature stands of clonal staghorn corals on Lizard Island in the Great Barrier Reef could be seen destroyed by heat stress on Feb. 26, 2016, at left, and colonized by algae just a few weeks later on April 19, at right. Credit Photographs by Terry Hughes et al./Nature

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/science/great-barrier-reef-coral-climate-change-dieoff.html
    Large Sections of Australia’s Great Reef Are Now Dead, Scientists Find

    By DAMIEN CAVE and JUSTIN GILLISMARCH 15, 2017

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    Severe bleaching last year on the northern Great Barrier Reef affected even the largest and oldest corals, like this slow-growing Porites colony. Credit Terry Hughes et al./Nature
     
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    Melting permafrost is altering the landscape in northern Canada on a grand scale. Credit: Wikimedia

    https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27022017/global-warming-permafrost-study-melt-canada-siberia

    Massive Permafrost Thaw Documented in Canada, Portends Huge Carbon Release
    Study shows 52,000 square miles in rapid decline, with sediment and carbon threatening the surrounding environment and potentially accelerating global warming.
    By Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News
    Feb 28, 2017



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    Warnings of new Arctic explosions at some 700-plus sites in Yamal due to thawing permafrost
    By The Siberian Times reporter
    04 July 2017

    Scientists rush to site of latest tundra eruption - which formed a crater 50 metres deep - amid fears for homes and key industrial sites.
    http://siberiantimes.com/other/othe...lus-sites-in-yamal-due-to-thawing-permafrost/

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    7,000 underground gas bubbles poised to 'explode' in Arctic
    By The Siberian Times reporter
    20 March 2017

    Bulging bumps in the Yamal and Gydan peninsulas believed to be caused by thawing permafrost releasing methane.
    http://siberiantimes.com/science/ca...ound-gas-bubbles-poised-to-explode-in-arctic/

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    Thawing permafrost has communities like Newtok, Alaska literally losing the ground under their feet. Credit: Getty Images


    Global Warming Could Thaw Far More Permafrost Than Expected, Study Says
    Research says more than 40 percent of the frozen tundra could un-freeze if global temperatures continue to rise, scientists find.
    Zahra Hirji
    By Zahra Hirji
    Apr 10, 2017

    https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10042017/permafrost-climate-change-arctic-carbon-release

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    More than 40 percent of the world's permafrost—landscape covered in frozen soil—is at risk of thawing even if the world succeeds in limiting global warming to the international goal of 2 degrees Celsius, according to a new study.

    Currently, permafrost covers about nearly 5.8 million square miles, and scientists found as much as 2.5 million square miles of that could thaw—about twice the area of Alaska, California and Texas combined—in a 2 degree Celsius scenario. Thawing would be more limited if warming can be held to 1.5 degrees Celsius, but could still affect 1.8 million square miles.
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