28 min. video. Polar Oceans in Peril

The UN has named the month of June as ‘World Ocean's Month’ and so this video is titled Our Polar Oceans in Peril. The polar oceans are the Arctic and Southern/Antarctic oceans. This video was recorded on June 18th, 2021 and published on June 30th, 2021. Dr. Peter Carter, Paul Beckwith and Regina Valdez will discuss why the polar oceans play such a critical role in the climate system of our planet. They focus mainly on the Arctic ocean and various feedback mechanisms leading to further warming, sea level rise, and harm to the ecosystem. Further highlights include: - The reason we’ve enjoyed a relatively stable climate over the last 10,000 years allowing us to produce an abundance of food to support and build our civilization - Quantification of the Earth’s ice imbalance leading to a loss of 7.6 trillion tonnes of Arctic sea ice along with 0.9 trillion tonnes of Antarctic sea ice - The stunning fact that the heat being retained by the climate system has doubled over the last 14 years - A breakdown of the various feedback mechanisms leading to further warming. - Some of the major geoengineering ideas on how we can preserve the Arctic sea ice are articulated including the use of micro-beads, marine micro bubbles, and marine cloud brightening - How the melting of the ice in the arctic doesn’t stay in the arctic but affects the probability of extreme weather such as droughts and flooding - What recent scientific research is saying about all this - The need to maintain hope and push for political change leading to action on climate change


The fact that so few have taken time to inform themselves, by watching this video speaks volumes!

I’m actually concerned tonight (having just spoke with my closest family) that people will not notice the peril until it’s too late.

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  1. UnknownSeptember 26, 2021 at 2:50 PM

    Why are the polar oceans so important to us? Because the arctic itself is most important to regulate the earth's temperature. Arctic is getting warmer, more ice will melt, warm water will stream underneath the ice and create a feedback that will cause more ice to melt. Before you know it, this will accelerate and will get out of control. A lot of dangers: continued warming, sea level rise, flooding of coast lands and sadly extinction of certain animal and sea creatures.

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