Arctic: Sea #ice Is Disappearing

The disappearance of sea ice in the Arctic,
. . . are already leading to:
. . . . . . longer growing season,
. . . . . . greening of the tundra,
. . . . . . sharp rise in the number of wildfires, and
. . . . . . spike in plankton growth.
These changes are self-reinforcing,
. . . meaning they promote more:
. . . . . . warming,
. . . . . . melting, and
. . . . . . changes in the environment.

We’re fairly confident now,
. . . that warmer temperatures in the Arctic are
. . . creating conditions where more extreme weather events,
. . . are beginning to show up in North America.

Gallaudet tells Salon,
. . . he delivered the report personally,
. . . to the White House last month, and that
. . . Trump administration officials are:
. . . . . . “addressing it,
. . . . . . acknowledging it, and
. . . . . . factoring it into their agenda.”

“The loss of the Old Arctic,
. . . is as close as humanity has come so far to irreversibly
. . . transforming its planet into something fundamentally different,
. . . than what has given rise to civilization over the past 10,000 years.
This is a terrifying transition, and one worth mourning.
But, it’s also a reminder,
. . . that our path as individuals and as a society is not fixed.
If the Arctic can change this quickly,
. . . then so must we.”

12-25-2017 Source:  Arctic: Sea #Ice is Disappearing