A group of biologists and geographers recently climbed the Aneto glacier, the largest in Spain, to study a kind of black mucus that has appeared on the surface of the ice. These have been identified as cryoconite, a microcosm of rock particles, bacteria, and soot, which is another marker that the glacier is in a terminal state. These black spots trap heat and increase the melting of the ice, which is already accelerated in the region after two years of searing summer temperatures.
The ice age ended 12,000 years ago, and the world survived.
Some people think they can stop changes in climate. Some people ignore millions of earth’s climate history.
Before anybody says, net zero now to save these glaciers, the atmosphere has a 20 year lag.
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A group of biologists and geographers recently climbed the Aneto glacier, the largest in Spain, to study a kind of black mucus that has appeared on the surface of the ice. These have been identified as cryoconite, a microcosm of rock particles, bacteria, and soot, which is another marker that the glacier is in a terminal state. These black spots trap heat and increase the melting of the ice, which is already accelerated in the region after two years of searing summer temperatures.
The ice age ended 12,000 years ago, and the world survived.
Some people think they can stop changes in climate. Some people ignore millions of earth’s climate history.
Before anybody says, net zero now to save these glaciers, the atmosphere has a 20 year lag.
It’s too late, adios.
We survived the end of the ice age.
We survive much better in warmer climates.