summer is coming
What with my stressful schedule and all, I haven't been on LJ or DW much at all. I've also not been spending much time reading over the arctic news -- I just know that it's all bad. And fascinating -- it's really amazing to watch, how something as big as the whole Earth system can change so quickly, in a lifetime.
From this entry at Neven's Arctic Sea Ice Blog
One of the scientists writes: "I'm expecting the peak in extent in the next week or so. What that will do for volume numbers I'm not so sure. I guess it depends on how fast the ice starts to drop.
Judging by the way 2017 is below the curve, I would say that it should peak in volume no later than mid April. Which will be another large departure from the norm." -- NeilT
So far, famine has been declared in South Sudan, where war and a collapsing economy have left some 100,000 people facing starvation there and a further one million people are classified as being on the brink of famine. More than 10 million people in Ethiopia need food aid due to the worst drought in more than 30 years, and neighboring Somalia where 4.7 million people (40 percent of the population) need food aid -- "war has joined forces with nature to plant the seeds of disaster." In Kenya, severe drought, failed harvests and Government’s poor preparedness are causing a food security emergency for 10 million, or about 1/5 of it's population.
In 2002 or so, sometime before Mike went off to Iraq, I woke from a dream of flames, and a voice was saying, "It wasn't the change in climate. It was the wars that killed us."
I try to get it organized in my mind -- This is what the scientists were telling us, this is what was observed, this is what the politicians said, this is what my neighbors said, this is what I read in the newspapers.
From this entry at Neven's Arctic Sea Ice Blog
One of the scientists writes: "I'm expecting the peak in extent in the next week or so. What that will do for volume numbers I'm not so sure. I guess it depends on how fast the ice starts to drop.
Judging by the way 2017 is below the curve, I would say that it should peak in volume no later than mid April. Which will be another large departure from the norm." -- NeilT
So far, famine has been declared in South Sudan, where war and a collapsing economy have left some 100,000 people facing starvation there and a further one million people are classified as being on the brink of famine. More than 10 million people in Ethiopia need food aid due to the worst drought in more than 30 years, and neighboring Somalia where 4.7 million people (40 percent of the population) need food aid -- "war has joined forces with nature to plant the seeds of disaster." In Kenya, severe drought, failed harvests and Government’s poor preparedness are causing a food security emergency for 10 million, or about 1/5 of it's population.
In 2002 or so, sometime before Mike went off to Iraq, I woke from a dream of flames, and a voice was saying, "It wasn't the change in climate. It was the wars that killed us."
I try to get it organized in my mind -- This is what the scientists were telling us, this is what was observed, this is what the politicians said, this is what my neighbors said, this is what I read in the newspapers.