GrumpyCatFace wrote:I agree that we're still nowhere near a complete understanding of the systems involved. Yet, we're perfectly happy to fuck with them on a global basis because "industry".
The Little Ice Age is a pretty fascinating time in human history. The theory I heard was that it was kicked off by a massive volcanic eruption in the Phillipines, but who knows.
That's crazy if its true.
Krakatoa also had some pretty major climate effects.
If Yellowstone ever pops, it will change human life for centuries.
A Russian tanker has travelled through the northern sea route in record speed and without an icebreaker escort for the first time, highlighting how climate change is opening up the high Arctic.
The $300m Christophe de Margerie carried a cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Hammerfest in Norway to Boryeong in South Korea in 19 days, about 30% quicker than the conventional southern shipping route through the Suez Canal.
The tanker was built to take advantage of the diminishing Arctic sea ice and deliver gas from a new $27m facility on the Yamal Peninsula, the biggest Arctic LNG project so far which has been championed by the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.
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On its maiden voyage, the innovative tanker used its integral icebreaker to cross ice fields 1.2m thick, passing along the northern sea section of the route in the Russian Arctic in a record six-and-a-half days.
