The cryosphere and the absense thereof, tells a real story
Mount Fuji experienced its first snowless October in 130 years.
Prof. Jason Box ⚡️
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Prof. Jason Box ⚡️
@climate_ice
INTJ snow & ice climatologist, contemplating Greenland, Arctic and global climate issues.
Copenhagen
Joined October 2008
- south Greenland is where ice is retreating about as fast as anywhere
- The planet is losing its reflective polar cap with a 22% reduction in the reflectivity of Arctic sea ice since 1980. doi.org/10.1029/2024GL…
- abrupt Arctic warming preventing the next ice age (sound on)
00:00 - south Greenland is a place where the ice melting is particularly fast
00:00 - bigtime melt south Greenland ice. One year ago, the stake to the left was the height of the weather station to the right. servicing @PromiceGL climate recorders
- 50% acceleration of global sea level rise since 1993
- new video thanks to #LDFoundation LeonardoDiCaprio.org for supporting @DarkSnowProject to understand Greenland melt ow.ly/PMb91
- accelerating concentrations of greenhouse gasses
00:00 - Atmosphere is supercharged with moisture because of excess heat
- During the last ice age as recently as 20k years before present, sea level was 100 m lower from ice storage on land. Climate warming from elevated atmospheric carbon has baked in a coastline of the future that can also be radically changed, this time moving inland.
