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by GSDtravels on 04 April 2013 - 07:04
by joanro on 04 April 2013 - 12:04
So what's the problem. Is the Beaufort sea supposed to remain frozen and never thaw?
by Two Moons on 04 April 2013 - 13:04
The problem is eventually higher sea levels.
Higher sea levels seems innocent enough but it's not.
Warmer waters seem simple but it's not.
Everything is connected, including us.
Higher sea levels seems innocent enough but it's not.
Warmer waters seem simple but it's not.
Everything is connected, including us.
by joanro on 04 April 2013 - 14:04
Fact is, melting ice which is already in the ocean will not cause sea levels to rise. Get a glass of water, put six ice cubes in it and let them melt......content in glass remains constant? Now, ice which is on land, like glaciers which are melting at a great rate, WILL cause sea levels to rise.
So, sea ice forms every winter, and then thaws every summer......normal. My question to Travels was, is the Beaufort Sea normally frozen year round?
So, sea ice forms every winter, and then thaws every summer......normal. My question to Travels was, is the Beaufort Sea normally frozen year round?
by Two Moons on 04 April 2013 - 15:04
Pile twenty ice cubes on a shallow tray, then melt them.
It's not guess work Joanro, it's gonna happen, not over night but if you look now you'll see it already effecting many familiar places.
The planet is constantly changing, this is real and as natural as it gets.
It's not guess work Joanro, it's gonna happen, not over night but if you look now you'll see it already effecting many familiar places.
The planet is constantly changing, this is real and as natural as it gets.
by joanro on 04 April 2013 - 16:04
You're right, the tray fills with water. The tray would represent dry land and the ice cubes a glacier. That's how glaciers melting faster than "normal" will raise sea levels. But the cubes melting in a glass of water don't change the water level. therefore, SEA ICE melting in the sea, won't change the sea level. It's normal for sea ice to form and consequently melt seasonally. Happens in the Bearing Sea every year.
by GSDtravels on 04 April 2013 - 18:04
It's not a matter of a rise in sea level, it's a matter of warmer air and more moisture in the atmosphere. The weather patterns we've been seeing will worsen as the oceans warm.
by joanro on 04 April 2013 - 18:04
Yes, change is happening. Here it is April, and in the low thirties all day. That's colder than it was all winter. My body doesn't want it to be this cold !
by Felloffher on 04 April 2013 - 18:04
This is an excellent 9 part series, it's a must watch.
by Two Moons on 04 April 2013 - 23:04
The extra moisture in the atmosphere is already there, I look at it everyday on a website satellite view, It's changed a lot in just the last two years.
Warmer seas can disrupt eco systems and the food chain, also in the news lately.
Ocean, land, the atmosphere, weather, it's all connected and going through a warming trend.
Sea levels are rising, weather is not following historic models and it will continue as a cycle.
Warmer seas can disrupt eco systems and the food chain, also in the news lately.
Ocean, land, the atmosphere, weather, it's all connected and going through a warming trend.
Sea levels are rising, weather is not following historic models and it will continue as a cycle.
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