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DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a> is getting greener. That could have huge consequences for the world </p><p>By Angela Dewan, CNN<br>Published February 13, 2024</p><p>"Warmer air temperatures have driven <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IceLoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IceLoss</span></a>, which has in turn raised land temperatures. That has caused the melting of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/permafrost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>permafrost</span></a>, a frozen layer just beneath the Earth’s surface and found in much of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a>, and that melt releases planet-warming <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CarbonDioxide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonDioxide</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>methane</span></a>, contributing to more <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PermafrostMelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PermafrostMelt</span></a> is also causing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandInstability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandInstability</span></a>, which could impact infrastructure and buildings.</p><p>"'We have seen signs that the loss of ice is triggering other reactions which will result in further loss of ice and further ‘greening’ of Greenland, where shrinking ice exposes bare rock that is then colonized by tundra and eventually shrub,' one of the report’s authors, Jonathan Carrivick, said in a press release. 'At the same time, water released from the melting ice is moving sediment and silt, and that eventually forms wetlands and fenlands.'</p><p>"The loss of ice is creating what’s known as a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeedbackLoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeedbackLoop</span></a>. Snow and ice typically reflect the sun’s energy back into space, preventing excessive heating in parts of the Earth. But as ice disappears, those areas absorb more solar energy, raising land surface temperatures, which can cause further melt and other negative impacts.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IceMelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IceMelt</span></a> also increases the amount of water in lakes, where water absorbs more heat than snow, which increases land surface temperatures.</p><p>"Greenland has been warming at twice the global mean rate since the 1970s, and the study’s authors warn that more extreme temperatures in the future are likely.</p><p>"Greenland is the world’s biggest island and is mostly covered by ice and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glaciers</span></a>. Around 57,000 people live in the country, which is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark. Much of the population is <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indigenous</span></a> and many people there rely on natural <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> for their survival.</p><p>"Michael Grimes, the report’s lead author, said that the flow of sediments and nutrients into coastal waters was particularly problematic for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousCommunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousCommunities</span></a> that rely on fishing, as well as for hunters on other parts of the island.</p><p>"'These changes are critical, particularly for the indigenous populations whose traditional subsistence hunting practices rely on the stability of these delicate <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a>,' he said.</p><p>"'Moreover, the loss of ice mass in Greenland is a substantial contributor to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalSeaLevelRise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalSeaLevelRise</span></a>, a trend that poses significant challenges both now and in the future.'"</p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/13/climate/greenland-ice-loss-vegetation-climate-intl/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2024/02/13/climate/gre</span><span class="invisible">enland-ice-loss-vegetation-climate-intl/index.html</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>New research has uncovered a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/feedbackloop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feedbackloop</span></a> that may be accelerating the melting of<br>The West <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Antarctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antarctic</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/IceSheet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IceSheet</span></a>, contributing to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/sealevelrise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sealevelrise</span></a>. If it were to melt entirely, global sea levels would rise by 5m. Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW), a water mass 4°C above freezing, is flowing beneath the ice shelves in West <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Antarctica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antarctica</span></a> and melting them from below. Since so much of Ice Sheet lies below sea level, it is vulnerable to this warm water<br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-04-feedback-loop-ice-shelves-west.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-04-feedback</span><span class="invisible">-loop-ice-shelves-west.html</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatecrisis</span></a></p>
Serge from Babka<p>Let me explain a feedback loop using a non-technical example.</p><p>The router is warm, therefore the cat sleeps on it.</p><p>The cat sleeps on it, making it warm.</p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/FeedbackLoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeedbackLoop</span></a></p>
💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>Permafrost Alone Holds Back Arctic Rivers—And A Lot Of Carbon<br>--<br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-02-permafrost-arctic-rivers-lot-carbon.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-02-permafro</span><span class="invisible">st-arctic-rivers-lot-carbon.html</span></a> &lt;-- shared technical article<br>--<br><a href="https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2307072120" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1073/pnas.230707212</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a> &lt;-- shared paper<br>--<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alaska</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/watersheds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watersheds</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/drainageareas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drainageareas</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/3dhp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3dhp</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/3dep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3dep</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/elevation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elevation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/remotesensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>remotesensing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/frozensoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>frozensoil</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/permafrost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>permafrost</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hydrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydrology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rivers</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geomorphology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geomorphology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geomorphometry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geomorphometry</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/carbonemissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carbonemissions</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carbon</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/co2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>co2</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hillslope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hillslope</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/erosion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>erosion</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/freezing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freezing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/thawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thawing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/soil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soil</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/sequesteredcarbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sequesteredcarbon</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/feedbackloop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feedbackloop</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landscape</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatialanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatialanalysis</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Bannon represents a clear thru line from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grievance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grievance</span></a>-driven <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> base to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>. &amp; his role in the meltdown that played out this wk in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> helps explain why the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> Party appears to be eating its own. He is a vital part of a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FeedbackLoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeedbackLoop</span></a> of red-meat <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> hits &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> posts, online <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fundraising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fundraising</span></a> &amp; unfettered preaching to an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/angry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>angry</span></a> &amp; fervently <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightWing</span></a> base that rewards <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disruptions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disruptions</span></a> &amp; detests institutions.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChaosCaucus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChaosCaucus</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyCaucus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyCaucus</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anarchism</span></a></p>
Owen King<p>What exactly is a self-fulfilling prophecy? <br>What exactly is wrong with self-fulfilling prophecies? <br>What is the connection between self-fulfilling prophecies and feedback loops? <br>What are the implications for the ethics of automated prediction?</p><p>My article on self-fulfilling prophecies, co-authored with Mayli Mertens, just came out in Ethical Theory and Moral Practice:<br><a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-022-10359-9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1007/s10677-022-103</span><span class="invisible">59-9</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/aiethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aiethics</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/prediction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prediction</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/feedbackloop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feedbackloop</span></a></p>
Owen King<p>What exactly is a self-fulfilling prophecy? What exactly is wrong with self-fulfilling prophecies? What is the connection between self-fulfilling prophecies and feedback loops? What does all this mean for automated prediction?</p><p>I have a new paper, co-authored with Mayli Mertens, on these topics. Forthcoming in the journal Ethical Theory and Moral Practice.</p><p>Preprint now available at PhilPapers:<br><a href="https://philpapers.org/rec/KINSPI-4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">philpapers.org/rec/KINSPI-4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/aiethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aiethics</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/prediction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prediction</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/preprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>preprint</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/feedbackloop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feedbackloop</span></a></p>