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The octopus sex scandal that rocked the Antarctic, 125.000 years ago....
#Cartoon #Antarctica #WestAntarcticIceSheet #WAIS #SeaLevelRise #ClimateCrisis
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/06/exclusive-the-octopus-sex-scandal-that-rocked-the-antarctic -
Hidden within an Antarctic octopus genetics and DNA is a story of West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse at global temperatures similar to today, about 125,000 years ago during the Interglacial period.
"scientists say they detected clear signs that, about 125,000 years ago, some octopus populations on opposite sides of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet had mixed together, with the only likely route being a seaway between the south Weddell Sea and the Ross Sea."
“That could only have happened if the ice sheet had completely collapsed,” said Dr Sally Lau, a geneticist at James Cook University.
#Antarctica #WestAntarcticIceSheet #WAIS #SeaLevelRise #ClimateCrisis
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/05/clue-to-rising-sea-levels-lies-in-dna-of-4m-year-old-octopus-scientists-say -
Climate System teleconnection ... climate tipping elements linked with the potential predictability of cascading tipping dynamics. It seems what happens in the Amazon (Deforestation), doesn't stay in the Amazon.
Teng Liu et al, Teleconnections among tipping elements in the Earth system, Nature Climate Change (2023). (OpenAccess) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-022-01558-4
#ClimateSystem #TippingPoints #ClimateChange #Amazon #Deforestation #Tibet #Antactica #WestAntarcticIceSheet #WAIS #TibetanPlateau #ClimateCrisis