Thinner Ice: Climate change & melting Arctic sea ice—Albedo & Blue Ocean Event—Ashes Ashes #70
Channel: Stop Fossil Fuels
Date: 2019-05-08

New reports find the Arctic to be the warmest it's been in millennia, and complex feedback loops mean this warming could continue unabated for decades to come. While the Arctic may feel like a distant place far removed from the concerns of daily life to many of us, the connections between melting sea ice, global ocean currents, and local weather patterns mean that the effects of a warmer Arctic are closer to home than we realize.

It's cooler than cool this week as we discuss enthalpy of fusion, albedo, exploding methane in Siberia, and what it all might mean for our future.

Podcast by Ashes Ashes, reposted under CC License. Browse episode resources & read full transcript at https://ashesashes.org/blog/episode-70-thinner-ice

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CHAPTERS
7:56 Ice formation and the link to the world's oceans
10:13 Albedo
14:55 How are we connected to the Arctic?
24:08 Enthalpy of Fusion?? Also the Blue Ocean Event
31:25 Arctic opening: shipping, militaries, and ticks
42:49 Permafrost
50:00 What can we do?

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#1 Thin Ice https://youtu.be/iuRwb6PyzOg
#2 Concrete Reef https://youtu.be/VvY1MaUPJQM
#6 Dead in the Water https://youtu.be/xXg3DHr7JuY
#65 Above the Paving Stones, the Desert https://youtu.beGiiEGI2lwCM