Oh hell.
This looks like it could be another one of those "unforeseen consequences" of capitalism's unceasing assault on Mother Nature.
Fool around and find out.
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The global mean temperature in 2023 rose to nearly 1.5 degrees Celsius above the preindustrial level, a new record. Seeking to identify the causes of this sudden rise has proven a challenge for researchers.
A team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute puts forward a possible explanation for the rise in global mean temperature: our planet has become less reflective because certain types of clouds have declined.
The albedo [reflectivity] of the surface of the Earth has been in decline since the 1970s, due in part to the decline in Arctic snow and sea ice, which also means fewer white areas to reflect back sunlight. Since 2016, this has been exacerbated by sea-ice decline in the Antarctic.
One trend appears to have significantly affected the reduced planetary albedo: the decline in low-altitude clouds in the northern mid-latitudes and the tropics. In this reg
... Show more...Oh hell.
This looks like it could be another one of those "unforeseen consequences" of capitalism's unceasing assault on Mother Nature.
Fool around and find out.
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The global mean temperature in 2023 rose to nearly 1.5 degrees Celsius above the preindustrial level, a new record. Seeking to identify the causes of this sudden rise has proven a challenge for researchers.
A team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute puts forward a possible explanation for the rise in global mean temperature: our planet has become less reflective because certain types of clouds have declined.
The albedo [reflectivity] of the surface of the Earth has been in decline since the 1970s, due in part to the decline in Arctic snow and sea ice, which also means fewer white areas to reflect back sunlight. Since 2016, this has been exacerbated by sea-ice decline in the Antarctic.
One trend appears to have significantly affected the reduced planetary albedo: the decline in low-altitude clouds in the northern mid-latitudes and the tropics. In this regard, the Atlantic particularly stands out, i.e., exactly the same region where the most unusual temperature records were observed in 2023.
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2023 set a number of alarming new records. The global mean temperature also rose to nearly 1.5 degrees Celsius above the preindustrial level, another record.
Alfred Wegener Institute (Phys.org)
Brian Hawthorne
in reply to Bread and Circuses • • •504 Battery Dr
in reply to Brian Hawthorne • • •Exactly this.
If it's been proven that human activity caused the climate crisis, wouldn't the first step be to cease the worst of our activities and scale back on the rest?
Instead we're increasing and accelerating the worst of our activities - especially mining for the rare earth minerals to fuel the "green transition".
We need to slash our energy use across the globe, yet that is never mentioned.
Instead, were now seeing the resurgence of nuclear power as the answer to our "pigs at the trough" energy demands.