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Earth has been trapping heat at an alarming new rate, study finds:
The amount of heat trapped by Earth's land, ocean, and atmosphere doubled over the course of just 14 years, a new study shows.
To figure out how much heat the earth was trapping, researchers looked at NASA satellite measurements that tracked how much of the Sun's energy was entering Earth's atmosphere and how much was being bounced back into space. They compared this with data from NOAA buoys that tracked ocean temperatures — which gives them an idea of how much heat is getting absorbed into the ocean.
The difference between the amount of heat absorbed by Earth, and the amount reflected back into space is called an energy imbalance. In this case, they found that from 2005 to 2019, the amount of heat absorbed by Earth was going up.
[...] The researchers think that the reason the Earth is holding on to more heat comes down to a few different factors. One is human-caused climate change. Among other problems, the more greenhouse gases we emit, the more heat they trap. It gets worse when you take into account that increasing heat also melts ice and snow. Ice and snow can help the planet reflect heat back into space — as they disappear, more heat can be absorbed by the land and oceans underneath.
There's another factor at play too — natural changes to a climate pattern called the Pacific Decadal Oscillation. Between 2014 and 2019, the pattern was in a 'warm phase' which caused fewer clouds to form. That also meant more heat could be absorbed by the oceans.
Journal Reference:
Norman G. Loeb, Gregory C. Johnson, Tyler J. Thorsen, et al. Satellite and Ocean Data Reveal Marked Increase in Earth's Heating Rate, Geophysical Research Letters (DOI: 10.1029/2021GL093047)
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 24 2021, @08:02PM (1 child)
Fox had nonstop coverage and demonization for BLM protests, yet for an actual insurrection attempting to subvery democracy they switch to defending the terrorists.
Sure pal, keep being a moron, and remember: NEVER go full Nazi!
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 25 2021, @05:17AM
Several hundred people, 0 people murdered, negligible damage, timeline of less than a day.
vs
Millions of people, dozens of murders, billions of dollars in damage, timeline in months.
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Which should receive more coverage? And thinking January 6th was an insurrection is about as realistic as thinking politicians are all brain sucking lizard people. The only reason you don't realize how absurd you sound is because you think that if "your" media and politicians (two entities so well known for their ethical and moral integrity) say something, then it must be true. You know, like Officer Sicknick being murdered by a fire extinguisher to the face.