The Arctic report, in its 13th edition, explains changes, impacts of melting on the ecosystem & marine life.
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DEC 12, 2018 09:43 AM IST
Global warming is heating the Arctic at a record pace, driving broad environmental changes across the planet, including extreme storms in the United States and Europe, a major US scientific report said Tuesday.
Persistent heat records have assaulted the fragile Arctic for each of the past five years — a record-long warming streak, said the 2018 Arctic Report Card, released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The mounting heat in the north is upsetting typical weather patterns, a trend that “coincides” with severe winter storms in the eastern United States and an extreme cold snap in Europe in March, it said.
“Continued warming of the Arctic atmosphere and ocean are driving broad change in the environmental system in predicted…
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Yay!Sadly, it may have to run its course. Humans are unstoppable and will heed no warnings, unless they run into the unstoppable force. Like all overpopulated species, and 8-10 billion is way over the top. It will be for the best, and the planet can recover.The sooner the better.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/05/beef-eating-must-fall-drastically-as-world-population-grows-report
Thanks, I’ll post that:
‘Beef-eating ‘must fall drastically’ as world population grows
Current food habits will lead to destruction of all forests and catastrophic climate change by 2050, report finds’
It seems humans won’t curb their population for the sake of the rest of life on the planet, but will they shelve their cruel, carnivorous gounandizing?