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What happens if it all melts?
The Antarctic Sound at dawn.
SUMMIT COUNTY — Nearly every day, there’s a new scientific study that points out the risks associated with the accelerated pattern of global warming that we’ve caused with greenhouse gas emissions. One of the most recent research projects suggests that even a slight warming subsurface ocean temperatures could trigger a speedy collapse of coastal ice shelves, with subsequent rise in sea levels.
There’s much more at stake than just the scenic beauty of these areas. The giant sheets of ice at the ends of the Earth are global climate controllers. Losing them could inexorably and irreversibly change the entire climate system of the planet. Doesn’t really seem worth the risk, does it?
An orca surfaces in the Antarctic Sound.
Cristo was here, and arranged these berg bits to artistically frame the M/V Professor Molchanov - not! As hard as he tries, he could never, in a million years, recreate, mimic or improve on this scene.
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Jumbled bergs in the Antarctic Sound.
Save the ice!
Filed under: climate and weather, global warming, Morning photo, photography, Travel Tagged: | Antarctic Sound, Antarctica, Environment, global warming, Greenhouse gas, Ice shelf, ice shelves, Professor Molchanov, sea level
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Nice photos !
its such a shame that we are ruining such beautiful nature, great pics
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