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Polarstern team warns Arctic may be past tipping point
Deutsche Welle ^ | 06.15.2021 | rc/msh (AFP, dpa)

Posted on 06/15/2021 9:57:18 AM PDT by Olog-hai

The scientist who led the international MOSAiC expedition to the North Pole on Tuesday warned that the point could have already been reached at which irreversible global warming is triggered.

During its expedition, the German research vessel “Polarstern” drifted through the Arctic on an ice floe for a year to also be able to research the winter at the North Pole, and the effects of climate change.

“The disappearance of summer sea ice in the Arctic is one of the first landmines in this minefield, one of the tipping points that we set off first when we push warming too far,” said team leader Markus Rex, adding: “One can essentially ask if we haven’t already stepped on this mine and already set off the beginning of the explosion.” […]

Presenting the information eight months on, Rex noted that the ice had retreated “faster in the spring of 2020 than since the beginning of records” and that “the spread of the sea ice in the summer was only half as large as decades ago.”

“Only the evaluation in the next years will allow us to determine if we can still save the year-round Arctic sea ice through forceful climate protection or whether we have already passed this important tipping point in the climate system,” he said. …

(Excerpt) Read more at dw.com ...


TOPICS: Science; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: arctic; climatechange; climatechangehoax; eussr; fourthreich; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; markusrex; mosaic; northpole; polarstern; tippingpoint
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Rex already lies in the outset.
1 posted on 06/15/2021 9:57:18 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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Why do leftists never blame the sun for warming? Why is it always assumed the sun’s energy output is constant ?


2 posted on 06/15/2021 10:01:02 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: Olog-hai

That dude wants money. Everything will be fine.


3 posted on 06/15/2021 10:01:14 AM PDT by BusterDog
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To: Olog-hai

All I’ll say and always say is that when Lib folks are starting to sell their beach front property (like Obunghole has) for pennies on the dollar I’ll start believing this CRAP!


4 posted on 06/15/2021 10:01:38 AM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: libh8er

To regulate human activity of course. To regulate human activity you have to blame humans.


5 posted on 06/15/2021 10:02:37 AM PDT by libh8er
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If they don’t include water vapor in their calculations, how could they include the sun? Come on, man; follow the “science”.

(Never mind the absence of their alleged warming. Weather overnight here will be in the 40s.)


6 posted on 06/15/2021 10:03:09 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

May? Could? Suggests? Yeah, it doesn’t get more scientific than that.


7 posted on 06/15/2021 10:04:54 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: Olog-hai
More doomscrolling...


8 posted on 06/15/2021 10:05:00 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: Olog-hai

Just the other day the big story in Australia was snowfall in places...and in amounts...that are just about unheard of (it’s winter there right now).


9 posted on 06/15/2021 10:05:14 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: Olog-hai

“...if we can still save the year-round Arctic sea ice through forceful climate protection...”

Wonder what they mean by FORCEFUL? And who get’s to apply the force...


10 posted on 06/15/2021 10:06:20 AM PDT by Trinity5
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Next year, jan-feb - mar, 2022 will be one of the coldest on record with rolling blackouts due to not enough juice to the grid. But the libs will still blame trump and coal fired power plants for “global warming.. Hey, a man can dream can’t he?


11 posted on 06/15/2021 10:08:01 AM PDT by Ikeon (Not knowing the truth doesn't make you ignorant, not wanting the truth does. )
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Oh no! Bring on Grrreta!
12 posted on 06/15/2021 10:08:40 AM PDT by immadashell (New Planned Parenthood slogan: Black Babies’ Lives Don't Matter!)
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To: Olog-hai

Well, if it is irreversible, no reason to try to limit man’s production of CO2 and destroy many lives to “save” the planet...


13 posted on 06/15/2021 10:09:42 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: Olog-hai

You guys laughed at me when I worried about Guam tipping over. Now it’s the whole Arctic. I hope you’re all happy.


14 posted on 06/15/2021 10:10:17 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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So it's past the tipping point? That is great. There's nothing we can do, but sit back and enjoy the ride. Let your worries be gone!

15 posted on 06/15/2021 10:11:17 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (I dindu nuffins.)
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Why do leftists never blame the sun for warming?

Or the Chinese. I've spent a fair amount of time in China in recent years...southern China to be precise. The clearest day,pollution-wise,I've ever seen there is 20 times worse than the worst I've ever seen in the LA Basin,New York City or the Ruhr Valley (Germany's industrial heartland).

16 posted on 06/15/2021 10:12:08 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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Rex noted that the ice had retreated “faster in the spring of 2020 than since the beginning of records”

Seriesly, Rex? There are records that show virtually half the entire northern hemisphere was under a sheet of ice as recently as 12,000 years ago. Records also show there have been several periods in Earth's history known as Ice Ages.

Is that what you would like to go back to Rex?

I didn't think so. Now be a good boy and go fetch me a beer. An ice cold one.

17 posted on 06/15/2021 10:12:15 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: Olog-hai

What? It’s going to tip over?


18 posted on 06/15/2021 10:13:31 AM PDT by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. I will never be a peaceful slave in a new Socialist America.)
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I’m still more concerned about Guam’s tipping point.


19 posted on 06/15/2021 10:15:03 AM PDT by Fireone (When they pry them from my cold, dead, unvaccinated hands.)
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To: Olog-hai

It’s their religion… so there’s that.


20 posted on 06/15/2021 10:16:22 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (“Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.” )
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