"Big egos have little ears." — Robert Schuller — — — #RobertSchuller #quote #quotes #ego #self #absorbed #narcissist #selfish #egoistic

June extremes suggest parts of climate system are reaching tipping points

Recent research shows that the #Southern #Ocean encircling Antarctica and extending northward to 60° south latitude, took up 45 to 62 percent of the #heat #absorbed by the world’s #oceans, even though it makes up only 6.25 percent of the global ocean surface area.

In the #absence of its #reflective #sea #ice cover, the darker-colored ocean can absorb even more heat, potentially leading to earlier and #more extensive #melting during the next Austral summer.

And as the fringe of ice around Antarctica gets smaller, #warmer ocean #water can more easily flow toward the floating ice shelves that buttress vast areas of inland ice that could start flowing into the sea faster to #speed #sea #level #rise.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04072023/june-extremes-climate-tipping-points/

June Extremes Suggest Parts of the Climate System Are Reaching Tipping Points - Inside Climate News

June 2023 may be remembered as the start of a big change in the climate system, with many key global indicators flashing red warning lights amid signs that some systems are tipping toward a new state from which they may not recover. Earth’s critical reflective polar ice caps are at their lowest extent on record […]

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#January 2, 1938
#OTD #RobertSmithson, American #Artist & #Photographer, is born.

He loved #Sculpture & helped found the #Land #Art #Movement.

He wrote,

"When a finished work of 20th-century sculpture is
Placed in an 18th-century #Garden,
It is #Absorbed by the #Ideal representation of the #Past,
Reinforcing #Political & #Social #Values that are no longer with us."

#Gardening #Gardener #GardenersofMastodon
#SpiralJetty #Art #Gallery #Earthworks
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