“Greenland’s Parliament decision to ban scrubber discharges is important step towards cleaner shipping & clear signal to other countries to reduce toxic air and water pollution”
https://t.co/gAFifAxePS
“Cut Shipping’s Black Carbon to Protect the #Arctic”: Clean Arctic Alliance Response to @ICCInet & @UNEP Overshoot & Cryosphere Reports
https://t.co/5eWoCJKI2a
12.5 TRILLION tons of ice has been lost from Greenland and Antarctica since 1979. That’s enough ice to cover the entire continental United States in a layer around 5 feet deep.
That has already added about 3.1cm to global sea levels.
And the really frightening part? The ice loss is accelerating.
And still, people call climate change a hoax.
https://t.co/7OJ2HNzXv8
A new report reveals that 12.5 trillion tons of ice from Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979. This massive glacier melt is mainly due to warmer waters eroding the ice sheets from below and the sides.
"More commercial shipping activity will lead to increased climate impacts, increased pollution and increased loss of biodiversity" https://t.co/oKa1QpjWFb
🚢@CleanArctic is seriously concerned about interest in Northern Sea Route as a regular trade route &consequences for the Arctic, Indigenous communities & wildlife." https://t.co/oKa1QpjWFb