No words can, even slightly, reach into .... I don't know what to say, think.
126 people die in Paris, and still counting ...
The question we should make is:
"How many died on the other side of the Mediterranean sea?"
Ask yourself:
Do I pay attention when I saw at TV an terrorist attack at Baghdad, Syria, or else were on that side, when 40 people died with a bomber man? Ask yourself...
Global temperatures are changing at a far faster pace than ever before, dramatically affecting the Arctic ice cap
The Arctic ice cap is melting faster than
ever before, threatening to push so much fresh water into the North
Atlantic that it could disrupt how the ocean regulates global
temperatures, a prominent oceanographer has warned.
As
the head of a 40-member climate mission to the Arctic aboard the
Canadian Coast Guard ice breaker Amundsen, Belgian researcher Roger
Francois is concerned about how the pace of climate change may affect the future of deep water pools and currents, and how this imbalance may worsen the effects of global warming. Over the course of the past two million years, temperatures have
risen and fallen in 100,000-year cycles, with a sheet of ice forming
over the Arctic cap each time followed by a rapid melt, he told AFP. The last warming occurred between 20,000 and 15,000 years ago, and
led at that time to a rise in sea level of 130 meters (425 feet). "This really is the trend with the thaws in Greenland and
Antarctica," said Francois, who is a professor at the University of
British Columbia in Vancouver. "The biggest difference with today is the time scale. It has never been faster." Each cycle is marked by an increase in carbon in the atmosphere. At
the last change, the rate of carbon dioxide in the air increased from
180 parts per million to 280 ppm over 5,000 years. Until the Industrial
Revolution, the level remained at 280 ppm, and since then it has
skyrocketed to more than 400 ppm in 2015, he explained. "If we continue this way, and that's what seems to be happening,
we'll end up by the end of the century with rates we have not had since
the days of the dinosaurs, the Mesozoic Age," with 1,000 ppm, Francois
warned.
Researcher Roger Francois says human civilization is a direct result of earlier climate change
'Feedbacks' The last deglaciation, or disappearance of ice from an area that was
formerly covered by it, was followed by a much longer than usual period
of climate stability, which allowed Homo sapiens to flourish. "Our civilization, as we know it, is actually a direct result of climate change," said Francois. At the heart of this climate are "deep water" masses that are created
in the North Atlantic off Greenland when surface seawater evaporates
and cools as wind blows over it, resulting in increased salinity. The
remaining water becomes heavier and more dense and sinks into deep
basins.
The water then flows southward along deep abyssal plains and back,
creating currents that are "a major mechanism for transporting heat from
the equator to the poles," said Francois. With the melting of the ice cap, dilution in the sea of icebergs made of fresh water "lowers salinity, and makes more difficult the formation of deep water masses," he explained. But if the heat transfer between the equator and the poles is
interrupted because this deep water circulation is broken, then "high
latitudes become much colder," he said.
A polar bear on Griffith Island, in the Canadian High Arctic, September 2015
Such a scenario already happened during the last global warming. "It was still colder in early deglaciation than during the Ice Age in
northern Europe in particular," said the oceans researcher. Changing of the deep water formation is only one of several climate phenomena that can amplify the effects of global warming. These so-called "feedbacks" can cause climate change to spiral out of control. An oft-cited example of this is the melting of sea ice due to warming
exposing darker seas that absorb heat instead of reflecting sunshine,
which hastens warming. "We do not know all the feedbacks involved in the change, hence our concern," says Francois. "The whole system is so complex, it is not something that can be
experimented on. We're talking about processes occurring on a global
scale. Just a small detail forgotten can lead to different conclusions."
Why do we've to be so stupids when we are kids?
We think we are super heroes, we can live forever, we've to try all, because we will die so fast...
We... are the fucking center of the world!
Jesus...
Sometimes we feel like we've all figured it out.
Make plans, trying to live according to our best ideas, but than, we are surprised by the moment when we open our eyes, on the that exact moment and feel all our confidence disappear suddenly, without any warning or something looks like a warning.
It's a non stopping train, we can't stop it, can't even slower it.
Some people call them love. Others, killer of hopes.
All of our innocence lies when we meet it.
I now what I'm talking about it.
People use to say, our heart will suffer with that discover. I'm sorry to turn this even more darker, but thats not true.
ALL of your body will suffer until the end of your days - you will ask to die, because you want to end with your misery!
And that's when you will understand that's all real. You are really living your life...
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