Scientists Call for Refreezing of Arctic Amidst Supposed Climate Emergency
More manmade tinkering to fix a manmade issue? Or unnecessary interference in a normal global cycle?
August 10, 2021
The Arctic is now experiencing several "never before" events, with dramatic, human impacts on the planet's ecosystem, according to a new report.
While the Arctic is supposed to be a climate
-regulating system, the analysis warns that over the last 30 years it has warmed three times faster (at a rate of 0.81C per decade) than the global average (0.23C).
The new report from the Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG) calls the Arctic a "ground zero" for "cascading climate impacts across the planet", warning that the rapid warming and melting there is likely a "major trigger" for disastrous changes to our weather systems.
This has been borne out in recent extreme events such as extremely severe heatwaves in the USA and Canada and flooding in Germany and China.
It was published on the day the US climate envoy John Kerry warned that "this is not the last chance for survival, but it is the last chance to minimise the damages and the changes on planet Earth".
Speaking at a Science Museum webinar along with the former UK prime minister Tony Blair, Mr Kerry said "we have to ramp up, Tony". But I am confident that we're going to have breakthroughs that are going to help facilitate this effort," he added.
British scientist Sir David King is chair of the CCAG, which is a new group of climate-related experts aiming to provide the science and guidance towards climate repair.
"We can manage this," he told Sky News. "I believe we've got five years to set in train a whole series of a programme of work. And if we do all of that, we will have a safe future for mankind going well into the next century."
By Victoria Seabrook, Climate reporter @SeabrookClimate for Sky News
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