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2015 Environmental Research Letters by Jennifer A Francis & Stephen J Vavrus, Arctic warming, Climate Change, Climate Change & the Jet Stream, Climate disruption, Nature & Environment
Climate Change and the Jet Stream
Image Credit: Climate Central
Evidence for a wavier jet stream in response to rapid Arctic warming
Studies of new metrics of rapid Arctic warming and more frequent high-amplitude (wavy) jet-stream configurations “suggest that as the Arctic continues to warm faster than elsewhere in response to rising greenhouse-gas concentrations, the frequency of extreme weather events caused by persistent jet-stream patterns will increase.”
~ Environmental Research Letters, Jennifer A Francis & Stephen J Vavrus, published by IOP Publishing Ltd, January 2015. [Open Access to study available on IOP Science.]
Three Worlds One Vision 
Reblogged this on Guyanese Online and commented:
New post from Rosaliene Bacchus
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Thanks for spreading the word, Cyril.
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Read article, “A Melting Arctic and Weird Weather: The Plot Thickens” by Jennifer Francis, published by Truthout on March 18, 2015.
(A happy coincidence.)
http://truth-out.org/news/item/29718-a-melting-arctic-and-weird-weather-the-plot-thickens
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Antarctic Expedition Team Finds Clear Signs of Climate Change at the Bottom of the World
Cole Mellino, News Report
“Do we have the sense to leave one place alone on Earth as a natural reserve for science and peace?” That is the question that Robert Swan and the International Antarctic Expedition are trying to answer as his team begins exploring Antarctica.
Read the full story…
http://www.nationofchange.org/2015/03/19/antarctic-expedition-team-finds-clear-signs-of-climate-change-at-the-bottom-of-the-world/
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Cyril, thanks for sharing the link to the article on the Antarctic expedition. Warmer ocean currents have already ignited the melting process. From what I’ve read from the scientific community, there’s no stopping the melting process. Thankfully, it’s a slow process that gives us time to plan and take action for the increase in sea levels, already underway.
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Roof of commercial buildings in France: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/20/france-decrees-new-rooftops-must-be-covered-in-plants-or-solar-panels
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YAY.
Thanks for sharing these developments, Clyde.
Given the aggressive climate-denial strategy being propagated by the fossil fuel industry in the US – to be shared in next week’s post – leadership will have to come from Europe and other regions worldwide.
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I wouldn’t count on the ice melts as being a slow a process, Rose. Our scientists are often stunned at the speed with which we are degrading our world – that “tippng point” we’re always hearing about is getting closer and closer.
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I see it as a slow process in terms of the average human life span. Scientists predict that it could take about 200 to 900 years for Antarctica to completely melt.
The tipping point has already arrived: it’s too late to stop the melting. All we can do now is slow down the process.
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Check out the article, “There All Along: “Exceptional” Slowdown of the Gulf Stream From Greenland Melt” by Bruce Melton, published in Truthout on April 13, 2015.
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30114-it-s-been-there-all-along-exceptional-slowdown-of-the-gulf-stream-from-greenland-melt
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Sad to note that our world is slowly dying. All because of climate change. I am not fully aware of such change.But what ever it is
It is not good.
Bella
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Bella, there are lots of people like you who are not aware of the factors affecting the crazy weather we’ve been having. That’s the reason why I started this weekly blog feature on climate disruption.
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