Temperatures in Alaska

This is a major milestone: Alaska's average annual temperature has now risen above the melting point.

We are in a climate emergency. https://t.co/OYx6aJUxsw

— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) October 8, 2019

Temperatures in Alaska have now risen above melting point, meaning ice and glacier melt is going to accelerate.

The impacts of this are global. The first is obvious which is sea level rise. But it’s what lies beneath the ice that is concerning many scientists now - methane even more potent than CO2 when it comes to atmospheric warming.

We are already seeing feedback loops at play. Escaping methane will escalate the speed at which the earth warms.

We are in a #climateemergency

(See Arctic Changes and their Effects on Alaska and the Rest of the United States)