Laffy

⚠️“The state of the Arctic: High temperatures, melting ice, fires and unprecedented emissions

The Arctic tundra has switched from a carbon sink to a source of emissions, according to a NOAA report.” #ClimateCrisis
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/climate-change/arctic-ice-melting-high-temperatures-fires-emissions-rcna183464 https://www.nbcnews.com/science/climate-change/arctic-ice-melting-high-temperatures-fires-emissions-rcna183464?cid=mob_npd_nn_ios_mar

Arctic hit by high temperatures, melting ice and fires in 2024, NOAA report says

The Arctic experienced its second-hottest year on record, according to a NOAA report. The Arctic tundra has become a source of emissions, rather than a carbon sink.

NBC News
Dec 11, 2024 at 12:02amWeb
Show threadLaffyDec 11, 2024
2/ "This was the Arctic’s second-hottest year on record, according to a new NOAA report.
The tundra has become a source of emissions, rather than a carbon sink, the authors said.
The Arctic is heating up far faster than places at lower altitudes as melting ice reflects less radiation back to space."
Show threadAjayDec 11, 2024
@GottaLaff We're decades behind with respect to containing climate change #history https://traffic.libsyn.com/yinhistory/EP19-Climate_Change.mp3
Show threadGFJacobs Is Still MaskingDec 11, 2024
@GottaLaff
Oy.
Omfg.
Show threadKilla KoalaDec 11, 2024
@GottaLaff No worries, Elon says it's not an emergency.
Show threadCasper 👻Dec 11, 2024
@GottaLaff
Nothing but good news
Show threadpeterpohlenzDec 11, 2024
@GottaLaff imagine if NOAA gets cut! canada will have to tell us we’re destroying the planet. (we won’t listen.) 🙁
Show threadLaffyDec 11, 2024
@peterpohlenz Well, WE would, they won’t
Show threadSojourner00Dec 11, 2024
@GottaLaff the switch has been flipped. It’s all over but the mass extinction.
Show threadFelix 🇨🇦 🇩🇪 🇺🇦Dec 11, 2024

@GottaLaff Currently we're in the 400ppm CO2 range. Adding the amount stored in the permafrost would get us to 1200ppm. I can't even imagine how the world would look like then.
Are there any estimates how long it would take to be released?

“The permafrost region contains about twice as much carbon as is in the atmosphere now and about three times as much carbon as in the aboveground biomass of all the world’s forests, so it’s a lot of carbon that’s at stake here,” Rogers said.

Show threadHumble Fan of Atty. WooDec 11, 2024

@GottaLaff

yikes