Loss of Antarctic Sea Ice is at Crisis Point

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-64649596

How much evidence do we need? This is terrifying and will take decades to even slow down never mind reverse. I wont be here to see it reversed if that is possible, but we have a succession plan at Earth and Leaf. My fingers are firmly crossed.

Less obviously, but equally important, is the diminishing Arctic sea ice. Shipping companies are really excited about opening up northern shipping routes which is a pretty good indicator of how much they care about the environment.

As these issues are not addressed year on year our warming problem accelerates. The amount of energy needed to melt billions of tonnes of ice is staggering. This is buffering the planet warming at this point in time. Once the ice is gone warming will accelerate dramatically and will end all mammalian and avian life on the planet.

Ice cover is a good measure of our efforts to halt the warming. If we go along with maximum warming of 1.5 degrees centigrade it will be impossible to replace that ice. At an ambitious project of reducing the warming by 1.5 degrees centigrade the ice cover will start to grow again, but will take thousands of years to get back to levels seen at 1980.

You can make your choice. We need families and individuals to make the right choices in their lives in large enough numbers to save our world.

I frightened myself last week. I drove my son back to Sheffield from Harrogate (80 miles). The journey generated 25 kg of Carbon Dioxide. That is one fifth of the amount a mature Oak tree absorbs in one year. He will in the future be using the train as will I.

This year has seen the warmest sea temperatures ever recorded. This graph is very serious indeed:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66387537

It may already be too late, but we cannot give up.