This is a roaring glacial melt, under the bridge to Kangerlussiauq, Greenland where it's 22C today

[demmiblue]

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(71.6 degrees Fahrenheit)

[Wounded Bear]

1. Not sure I'd want to hang out on that bridge for long...

[Botany]

2. 22 C is 71.6 F

the average high in August there is 56 F

https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/greenland/kangerlussuaq/climate

That video is what the end of much of civilization looks like.

[dalton99a]

5. +1

[Botany]

7. FYI America's east coast is already going underwater

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/science/flooding-of-coast-caused-by-global-warming-has-already-begun.html 2016

Flooding of Coast, Caused by Global Warming, Has Already Begun
Scientists’ warnings that the rise of the sea would eventually imperil the United States’ coastline are no longer theoretical.

[dalton99a]

8. +1. And not everyone will be able to move or remediate their dwellings

A house in Norfolk, Va., that has been repeatedly hit by tidal floods sat on temporary supports as workers prepared to elevate it permanently in June. Eliot Dudik for The New York Times


Water from a tidal stretch of the Potomac River flooded Old Town Alexandria in Virginia during high tides in early June. Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times


At the City Market in Charleston, S.C., one of the most popular spots in town, shoppers dodged seawater that bubbled up from storm drains during high tide in June. Hunter McRae for The New York Times

[Botany]

13. And are we gonna put NYC on stilts too?

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/09/new-york-future-flooding-climate-change.html

[pecosbob]

14. Yeah, like about X billion people in coastal Indonesia and Malaysia and Bangladesh.

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[dhill926]

3. and isn't the heat wave just beginning....

scary shit...

[Donkees]

4. ''A century's carelessness is now melting away the world's storehouses of ice, ... ''

vimeo.com/114023316

On September 21, 2014 we installed a 3,500 pound ice sculpture of the words The Future at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 23 Street in New York during the People's Climate March. This video compresses the 11 hour event into 4 minutes.

“A century's carelessness is now melting away the world's storehouses of ice, a melting whose momentum may be nearing the irreversible. It's as if we were stripping the spectrum of a color or eradicating one note from every octave.” Bill McKibben, January 2006

We call the piece 'Dawn of the Anthropocene' to describe the effect of humanity on the Earth's systems. The term comes from Nobel prize scientist Paul Crutzen. In his and other scientists’ view, humanity has entered an age when the power and impact of humans is as great, if not greater, than nature’s.

Sculpture Design - Nora Ligorano; Editor - Marshall Reese; Music - Ernst Reijseger; Color Correction - Eli Friedman; Ice Sculpture - Okamoto Studio

For more information:
meltedaway.com
Music: http;//ernstreijseger.com
Climate Action partner: 350.org, humanimpactsinstitute.org

[panader0]

6. Is that 3 trillion gallons?

An acre foot is something like 325000 gallons.
This melting have an effect on ocean levels.
That much in 24 hours is scary. Bye bye Greenland.

[Recursion]

9. Welp. It's been a pleasure knowing at least several of you.

[FakeNoose]

10. Time to leave those beachfront properties in Florida and the Gulf Coast

Pretty soon it will be the entire East Coast.

[dalton99a]

12. People could migrate inland

like the Great Lakes - and enjoy the aroma of algae


Lake Erie, as seen from space. (NOAA MODIS image)

[lpbk2713]

11. That's a lot of force.

I wouldn't go near that bridge.

[Hekate]

16. No kidding

[lpbk2713]

17. I makes me remember how they said the Titanic was indestructible.

The bridge builders might have had a lot of confidence but I'd feel better on terra firma.

[demmiblue]

15. Extreme ice melt in Greenland threatens coastal communities across the world, scientists warn

The historic heatwave that scorched Europe last week has moved to Greenland, where it's expected on Thursday to melt away 12 billion tons of water from the ice sheet and irreversibly raise sea levels across the world.

The heat is causing one of the largest melt events ever for Greenland, following a record event in 2012 where 97% of the ice sheet experienced melting. This week, over 60% of Greenland's surface was melting, according to computer model simulations, with temperatures over 25 to 30 degrees Fahrenheit higher than normal.

The higher frequency of extreme melt events has serious consequences for coastal communities across the world, climatologists warn.

Greenland is the biggest contributor to sea level rise, which threatens to destroy property value in coastal regions, displace residents and eventually impact global markets.

"What we're seeing in Greenland is exceptional. It's a wake up call," Penn State climatologist Luke Trusel said. "What we do now is critically important."

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/01/extreme-ice-melt-in-greenland-threatens-coastal-communities-scientists-warn.html

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[demmiblue]

18. More:

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