New reports find the Arctic to be the warmest it's been in millennia, and complex feedback loops mean this warming could continue unabated for decades to come. While the Arctic may feel like a distant place far removed from the concerns of daily life to many of us, the connections between melting sea ice, global ocean currents, and local weather patterns mean that the effects of a warmer Arctic are closer to home than we realize. It's cooler than cool this week as we discuss enthalpy of fusion, albedo, exploding methane in Siberia, and what it all might mean for our future.

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Chapters

07:56 Ice formation and the link to the world's oceans

10:13 Albedo

14:55 How are we connected to the Arctic?

24:08 Enthalpy of Fusion?? Also the Blue Ocean Event

31:25 Arctic opening: shipping, militaries, and ticks

42:49 Permafrost

50:00 What can we do?

Walrus Video

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Published 18-04-2019 23:40