summary of the arctic storm
Aug. 11th, 2012 01:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ljgeoffNeven has a great summary here.
Bottom line: we'll be seeing a new minimums this year for ice extent and ice thickness, and new maximums in both ocean and air temperatures.
No one knows the future. I was talking to Mike last night about how it was all going too fast. "What d'ya mean?" he asked. "You said three years ago that this was going to happen. Now it's happening. Why are you surprised?"
two thickness/extent maps: PIOMAS and GODIVA2
The thing is, saying something might happen and actually watching it happen are different. One of the things that I'm thinking about a lot right now is agriculture. Most farmers are able to withstand a bad year; it's expected. And 85% of farmers have crop insurance.
But what if next year is as bad as this year? And what if the year after that isn't so bad, but as bad as this year? And what if the year after that is worse?
I think that's the way it's going to go. And I can't really get my head around it. Except that we'll probably eat mostly vegetarian, which ok, I can do that.
But of course, it won't be that easy.
Drought of 2013- Big Head Todd and the Monsters youtube
In 2010, I took her in and said I’d love her till
The sky has lost her blue and the rivers all run still
Followed her till she came in and put her hand in mine
Then we lived in green fields but now it’s just a shame
Cities which once grew like weeds, now shipwrecks on the plain
Seven hundred fifty days since a drop of rain
Then came November and my lover hid up rye
Drank it in the swelter as she laughed as the red sun died
She said she was gonna leave me and head out to the sea-side
Catch a cloud and ride, never such a thing
Politicians blamed each other
The preachers swelled with pride
The wealthy killed each other and the poor gave up a smile
‘Cause 750 days without a drop of rain made everyone the same
I do understand why no one wants to see this or talk about it. But it is happening so fast that even the scientists are afraid; not just worried, but afraid.
What is your plan?
Bottom line: we'll be seeing a new minimums this year for ice extent and ice thickness, and new maximums in both ocean and air temperatures.
No one knows the future. I was talking to Mike last night about how it was all going too fast. "What d'ya mean?" he asked. "You said three years ago that this was going to happen. Now it's happening. Why are you surprised?"
two thickness/extent maps: PIOMAS and GODIVA2
The thing is, saying something might happen and actually watching it happen are different. One of the things that I'm thinking about a lot right now is agriculture. Most farmers are able to withstand a bad year; it's expected. And 85% of farmers have crop insurance.
But what if next year is as bad as this year? And what if the year after that isn't so bad, but as bad as this year? And what if the year after that is worse?
I think that's the way it's going to go. And I can't really get my head around it. Except that we'll probably eat mostly vegetarian, which ok, I can do that.
But of course, it won't be that easy.
Drought of 2013- Big Head Todd and the Monsters youtube
In 2010, I took her in and said I’d love her till
The sky has lost her blue and the rivers all run still
Followed her till she came in and put her hand in mine
Then we lived in green fields but now it’s just a shame
Cities which once grew like weeds, now shipwrecks on the plain
Seven hundred fifty days since a drop of rain
Then came November and my lover hid up rye
Drank it in the swelter as she laughed as the red sun died
She said she was gonna leave me and head out to the sea-side
Catch a cloud and ride, never such a thing
Politicians blamed each other
The preachers swelled with pride
The wealthy killed each other and the poor gave up a smile
‘Cause 750 days without a drop of rain made everyone the same
I do understand why no one wants to see this or talk about it. But it is happening so fast that even the scientists are afraid; not just worried, but afraid.
What is your plan?
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Date: 2012-08-12 04:29 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-08-12 05:17 am (UTC)pop-up ad, but otherwise a nice short easy pre-storm article/pic:
http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/3321-ice-melt-in-northwest-passage-spotted-by-satellite.html