A terrible tipping point has been reached - the melting Arctic is now contributing to global warming.

Every year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration releases an Arctic Report Card, detailing the state of the frozen world at the top of the globe.

And each year, its findings grow more dire. This year, the report revealed that the Arctic itself may now be contributing to climate change. That’s because Arctic soil contains a lot of carbon, which would stay there if it weren’t for the fact that the planet is warming. As the frozen ground across the Arctic starts to thaw, it releases that carbon, which turns into a greenhouse gas. Some of that carbon gets taken up by plants growing in the summertime, but more and more of it is now escaping into the atmosphere.

“Thawing permafrost throughout the Arctic could be releasing an estimated 300-600 million tons of net carbon per year to the atmosphere,” the NOAA writes in the report. That’s roughly the equivalent of Japan’s annual emissions.

And those emissions are going to increase. “We think that should be two to three times bigger by the end of the century based on the kind of forecasting we’ve done,” Ted Schuur, an ecologist and the author of the report’s section on permafrost, said.

Ben Reilly wrote:The single worst news in the world, and not a single comment.

Maddog wrote:

Ben Reilly wrote:The single worst news in the world, and not a single comment.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_Who_Cried_Wolf

Ben Reilly wrote:

Every year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration releases an Arctic Report Card, detailing the state of the frozen world at the top of the globe.

And each year, its findings grow more dire. This year, the report revealed that the Arctic itself may now be contributing to climate change. That’s because Arctic soil contains a lot of carbon, which would stay there if it weren’t for the fact that the planet is warming. As the frozen ground across the Arctic starts to thaw, it releases that carbon, which turns into a greenhouse gas. Some of that carbon gets taken up by plants growing in the summertime, but more and more of it is now escaping into the atmosphere.

“Thawing permafrost throughout the Arctic could be releasing an estimated 300-600 million tons of net carbon per year to the atmosphere,” the NOAA writes in the report. That’s roughly the equivalent of Japan’s annual emissions.

And those emissions are going to increase. “We think that should be two to three times bigger by the end of the century based on the kind of forecasting we’ve done,” Ted Schuur, an ecologist and the author of the report’s section on permafrost, said.

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/12/12/21011445/permafrost-melting-arctic-report-card-noaa

Thorin wrote:

Ben Reilly wrote:

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/12/12/21011445/permafrost-melting-arctic-report-card-noaa

Yes now I am being an arsehole

See how that works?

Ben Reilly wrote:

Every year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration releases an Arctic Report Card, detailing the state of the frozen world at the top of the globe.

And each year, its findings grow more dire. This year, the report revealed that the Arctic itself may now be contributing to climate change. That’s because Arctic soil contains a lot of carbon, which would stay there if it weren’t for the fact that the planet is warming. As the frozen ground across the Arctic starts to thaw, it releases that carbon, which turns into a greenhouse gas. Some of that carbon gets taken up by plants growing in the summertime, but more and more of it is now escaping into the atmosphere.

“Thawing permafrost throughout the Arctic could be releasing an estimated 300-600 million tons of net carbon per year to the atmosphere,” the NOAA writes in the report. That’s roughly the equivalent of Japan’s annual emissions.

And those emissions are going to increase. “We think that should be two to three times bigger by the end of the century based on the kind of forecasting we’ve done,” Ted Schuur, an ecologist and the author of the report’s section on permafrost, said.

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/12/12/21011445/permafrost-melting-arctic-report-card-noaa

Thorin wrote:

Ben Reilly wrote:

Every year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration releases an Arctic Report Card, detailing the state of the frozen world at the top of the globe.

And each year, its findings grow more dire. This year, the report revealed that the Arctic itself may now be contributing to climate change. That’s because Arctic soil contains a lot of carbon, which would stay there if it weren’t for the fact that the planet is warming. As the frozen ground across the Arctic starts to thaw, it releases that carbon, which turns into a greenhouse gas. Some of that carbon gets taken up by plants growing in the summertime, but more and more of it is now escaping into the atmosphere.

“Thawing permafrost throughout the Arctic could be releasing an estimated 300-600 million tons of net carbon per year to the atmosphere,” the NOAA writes in the report. That’s roughly the equivalent of Japan’s annual emissions.

And those emissions are going to increase. “We think that should be two to three times bigger by the end of the century based on the kind of forecasting we’ve done,” Ted Schuur, an ecologist and the author of the report’s section on permafrost, said.

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/12/12/21011445/permafrost-melting-arctic-report-card-noaa

I would have done, but your dickhead of a wife within a week completely insulted me

A sad reality this is

Maybe she needs to learn to shut up and stop making false accusations on people

Your book was shit for this very reason

Not you, but her input

And we both know this

Yes now I am being an arsehole

See how that works?

Ben Reilly wrote:

Thorin wrote:

I would have done, but your dickhead of a wife within a week completely insulted me

A sad reality this is

Maybe she needs to learn to shut up and stop making false accusations on people

Your book was shit for this very reason

Not you, but her input

And we both know this

Yes now I am being an arsehole

See how that works?

Fuck you, you piece of shit!

eddie wrote:I haven’t even commented on this thread.

eddie wrote:I have no idea why you’re so angry.
Why don’t you PM me?

Thorin wrote:

eddie wrote:I have no idea why you’re so angry.
Why don’t you PM me?

I am not angry but disappointed

We will talk when you apologise

Ben Reilly wrote:The arguing in the book served the story, which is of a couple who have lost the ability to communicate properly because of a lack of honesty between them, and how they recover from that.

It's not modeled on our actual life together, though we heavily influence the personalities of the main characters.

eddie wrote:

Thorin wrote:


I am not angry but disappointed

We will talk when you apologise

What is it, you want me to apologise for? Can you show me the actual sentence/insult?

Ben Reilly wrote:Did you read all of the book? You don't seem to understand it very well.

Thorin wrote:

eddie wrote:

Thorin wrote:


I am not angry but disappointed

We will talk when you apologise

What is it, you want me to apologise for? Can you show me the actual sentence/insult?

Wow, do not bother eddie, if you cannot figure this out