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"Earth, water, fire, and wind. Where there is energy there is life.”~ Suzy Kassem
@One_Voice_1 is proud to present our #OVElements series.
Our goal is to highlight the elements through the lens of climate change, to help advance the reversal of the damage done to our planet.
@One_Voice_1 is proud to present our #OVElements series.
Our goal is to highlight the elements through the lens of climate change, to help advance the reversal of the damage done to our planet.
2) Water. Approximately 69% of the world’s freshwater is stored in glaciers & ice sheets, enough to raise sea level by ~70 meters if melted.
This process has begun and is on worst-case scenario trajectory.
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https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/ice-snow-and-glaciers-and-water-cycle?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects
This process has begun and is on worst-case scenario trajectory.
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#ClimateChange
https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/ice-snow-and-glaciers-and-water-cycle?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects
3) As climate models are advancing, climate scientists are delving further into geologic history to better understand the climate record and imminent devastation that awaits this damning trajectory.
@ClimateEnvoy
#ONEV1 https://apple.news/APLcbSMQoSmm2UmERoMV6dg
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#ONEV1 https://apple.news/APLcbSMQoSmm2UmERoMV6dg
4) For starters, retreating ice sheets liberate the greenhouse gases (CO2, N2O, & CH4) captured and capped by permafrost.
This catapult is in motion and is accelerating faster than previously projected.
#ONEV1 https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-melting-permafrost-is-beginning-to-transform-the-arctic
This catapult is in motion and is accelerating faster than previously projected.
#ONEV1 https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-melting-permafrost-is-beginning-to-transform-the-arctic
5) Increase in glacial lake volume due to melt from global warming is a source of potentially catastrophic outburst floods.
These floods cause both economic destruction and mass loss of life, often without warning.
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#ONEV1 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2021/02/07/world/asia/india-glacier-flood-uttarakhand.amp.html
These floods cause both economic destruction and mass loss of life, often without warning.
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@ClimateEnvoy
#ONEV1 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2021/02/07/world/asia/india-glacier-flood-uttarakhand.amp.html
6) Many communities around the world heavily rely on ice towers for drinking water, crops, & industry.
Glacier transformation into glacial lakes can permanently alter water supply sources for these dependent downstream communities.
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#ActOnClimate https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-how-climate-change-is-turning-glaciers-into-lakes
Glacier transformation into glacial lakes can permanently alter water supply sources for these dependent downstream communities.
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#ActOnClimate https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-how-climate-change-is-turning-glaciers-into-lakes
7) Not only will those living at/near sea level be displaced upon rising sea level from polar ice melt, the influx of freshwater from the melt can drastically alter oceanic circulation patterns, sending climate trends into chaos.
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#ActNow https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2950/arctic-ice-melt-is-changing-ocean-currents/
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#ActNow https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2950/arctic-ice-melt-is-changing-ocean-currents/
8) Shrinking glaciers & ice sheets due to climate change will continue to:
-reduce surface area vital for animal foraging
-decrease nutrient deposits in polar regions
-impact aquatic biodiversity
#ONEV1 https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2018/02/05/glaciers-ice-sheets-polar-ice/
-reduce surface area vital for animal foraging
-decrease nutrient deposits in polar regions
-impact aquatic biodiversity
#ONEV1 https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2018/02/05/glaciers-ice-sheets-polar-ice/
9) We have a decent shot at slowing, even halting, global warming and its impending consequences.
However, these changes must be hastily & globally deployed to keep the earth to 1.5°C above pre-industrial era levels.
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#SolveDifferent
#ActNow https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/12/1078612
However, these changes must be hastily & globally deployed to keep the earth to 1.5°C above pre-industrial era levels.
#ONEV1
#SolveDifferent
#ActNow https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/12/1078612
