The Greenland icecap just visible on the horizon, near Sisimiut. (Photo copyright Richard Langlais)
Sep 17, 2012
The future is next week (3)
We don't need to argue about whether the record-breaking changes in the extent of the Arctic ice pack are because of climate change to try to understand what impact these developments will have. Whether we can do anything about the causes behind the changes in the Arctic ice is an important discussion, sure. My own view is based on the science, so for me, climate change is the driver of much of the new stuff that's going on in the north, and what's going on in the north is what's happening right now. This is not some distant idea of future climate change. Today, and every day until sometime in the next week or two, a new record is being set. The future is still just next week.
The Greenland icecap just visible on the horizon, near Sisimiut. (Photo copyright Richard Langlais)
The Greenland icecap just visible on the horizon, near Sisimiut. (Photo copyright Richard Langlais)
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Ofattbart underbara foton på vår vackra jord! Gillar den utmanande och samtidigt skrämmande rubriken: The future is next week
ReplyDeleteAs you wrote, the idea of "the future is next week" is challenging and at the same time worrisome. Arctic sea-ice melt records are indeed happening now, this week, and not in some distant future that is so hard to relate to. All the prognoses that start by saying, "In 50 years . . ." or "By 2030, one can expect that . . . blah, blah, blah." Well, this week, or next week, that fuzzy future will have become crystal-clear.
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