THREAD - Startling example of feedback loops in Nature that are disrupted by #GlobalWarming:
- normally large colonies of algae can't grow in the #Arctic seas because they are bereft of nitrogen
- but enormous algal blooms have increasingly appeared appeared in this century
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- normally large colonies of algae can't grow in the #Arctic seas because they are bereft of nitrogen
- but enormous algal blooms have increasingly appeared appeared in this century
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- turns out #climate induced wildfires in No America & #Siberia produce large amounts of nitrogen in the atmosphere
- that nitrogen falls on #Arctic seas, fueling algal growth
- and huge algal blooms block oxygen entry to the seas
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news.ncsu.edu/2022/09/wildfi…
- turns out #climate induced wildfires in No America & #Siberia produce large amounts of nitrogen in the atmosphere
- that nitrogen falls on #Arctic seas, fueling algal growth
- and huge algal blooms block oxygen entry to the seas
MORE
news.ncsu.edu/2022/09/wildfi…
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- fish & other marine life forms suffocate, as the massive algal blooms block oxygen infusion into oceans
- the blooms also block sea ice formation, so
- the white ice albedo effect, reflecting hot sunlight away from the North Pole decreases
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climate.gov/news-features/…
- fish & other marine life forms suffocate, as the massive algal blooms block oxygen infusion into oceans
- the blooms also block sea ice formation, so
- the white ice albedo effect, reflecting hot sunlight away from the North Pole decreases
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climate.gov/news-features/…
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- so the #Arctic absorbs more solar heat, causing more glacial and ice melt
- which then contributes to rising sea levels
Voila: total feedback loop perversion.
In 1000s of other ways, #GlobalWarming is disrupting bio/chem feedback loops all over the planet.
- so the #Arctic absorbs more solar heat, causing more glacial and ice melt
- which then contributes to rising sea levels
Voila: total feedback loop perversion.
In 1000s of other ways, #GlobalWarming is disrupting bio/chem feedback loops all over the planet.
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