#thwaites

[postingcards]

"after a storm" rppc by thwaites, postmarked 15 sept 1916

[awesome-casuallyfamouscollector]

Scientists warn a critical ice shelf in Antarctica could shatter within the next five years

As the rapidly heating planet alters the landscape of the Arctic region up north, scientists have discovered disturbing and alarming signs at the southern end of the planet, particularly in one of the ice shelves safeguarding the Antarctic's so-called "Doomsday glacier."

(..) The glacier, which equals the size of Florida or Great Britain, already accounts for about 4% of annual global sea level rise, loses roughly 50 billion tons of ice each year, and is becoming highly vulnerable to the climate crisis. The fall of the ice shelf could bring the impending collapse of Antarctica's critical glacier. If the Thwaites collapsed, the event could raise sea levels by several feet, researchers say, putting coastal communities as well as low-lying island nations further at risk.

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Brenton Thwaites {200x320}

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[kitsunemesis]

Ici 6 avatars sans crédit de Brenton Thwaites.

Un petit crédit à côté c’est toujours appréciable ! 🥀🖤

[currentclimate]

Worsening rifts and fractures spotted at 2 important Antarctic glaciers | EarthSky.org

Satellite imagery has revealed that 2 of the fastest-changing glaciers in Antarctica - Pine Island and Thwaites - are fracturing and weakening faster than ever, a step towards the glaciers' disintegrating and causing sea levels to rise dramatically.

[sarah-salard]

2/2 Pfiouuu … Temp mort, c'est important, faut qu'on cause climat là.  

[dragoni]

Today’s Earth looks a lot like it did 115,000 years ago. All we’re missing is massive sea level rise.

New research shows the planet is already paralleling the most recent major warm period in its past. Now the only question is how fast Antarctica could collapse.

Homo Sapiens vs Modern Humans

During this ancient period, sometimes called the Eemian, the oceans were about as warm as they are today. And last month, intriguing new research emerged suggesting that Northern Hemisphere glaciers have already retreated just as far as they did in the Eemian, driven by dramatic warming in Arctic regions.

“the Eemian occurred without humans emitting lots of greenhouse gases. Atmospheric carbon dioxide was far lower than it is today.“

The big difference, this time around, is that humans are heating things up far faster than what is believed to have happened in the geologic past.

Humans were nowhere near the Antarctic in the Eemian — and we have never, in the modern period, seen a glacier as big as Thwaites retreat. It’s possible something is going to happen that we don’t have any precedent or predictions for.

Just last week, for instance, scientists reported a large cavity opening beneath one part of the glacier — something they said models could not have predicted.

[lazynhungry]

Brenton Thwaites is so handsome and cute.

He played Jonah in 'The Giver.'