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What can civil aviation do to help save the planet?
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[quote:George B:MV8yMDA4MjY1XzMzNzQ2MTI1X0I0NEI3REVB] [b]For those that think global warming is a hoax. . . .someone is going to great effort to present evidence like the following. . . .[/b] Greenland Ice Sheet http://phys.org/news/2011-09-pics-greenland-glacier-shocksexpert.html "Aerial oblique view of the Petermann glacier front on 24 July, 2011 Alun Hubbard of Aberystwyth University, Wales. The melting of glaciers is seen as a yardstick by which the warming of the planet is measured. Climate change experts have warned that sea-level rises caused as the planet warms and the glaciers melt could devastate coastal and island communities. A British glaciologist who has been studying the Petermann Glacier in north-west Greenland, which is over 300km long and makes up 6% of the Greenland ice sheet, described pictures showing how fast it had melted as “gob-smacking.” "New research shows that 2010 set new records for the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, expected to be a major contributor to projected sea level rises in coming decades." http://phys.org/news/2011-01-greenland-ice-sheet-video.html http://www1.ccny.cuny.edu/advancement/news/Extreme-Melting-on-Greenland-Ice-Sheet.cfm "Extreme Melting on Greenland Ice Sheet, Reports CCNY Team * GLACIAL MELT CYCLE COULD BECOME SELF-AMPLIFYING, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO HALT Marco Tedesco standing on the edge of one of four moulins (drainage holes) he and his team found at the bottom of a supraglacial lake during the expedition to Greenland in the summer, 2011. (Credit: P. Alexander) The Greenland ice sheet can experience extreme melting even when temperatures don’t hit record highs, according to a new analysis by Dr. Marco Tedesco, assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at The City College of New York. *His findings suggest that glaciers could undergo a self-amplifying cycle of melting and warming that would be difficult to halt." Greenland glacier melting faster than expected http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_swZ-pIAqEw&feature=youtube_gdata_player Check out this video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SoBF4vFArg&feature=youtube_gdata_player [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SoBF4vFArg&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/youtube] [/quote]
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What can civil aviation do to help save the planet?
1) Does the planet need saving . . .?
2) What does it need saving from. . . ?
3) How can it be used to accomplish the task . . . saving the planet?
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1) Does the planet need saving . . .?
Answer:
Yes
, I think this answer is fairly easy . . . most scientists and informed people believe the planet is moving toward eventual environmental catastrophe unless something changes.
2) What does it need saving from. . . ?
Answer:
Sudden climate change, Toxicity, and/or degradation of natural shields
that protect the earth from external harm.
3) How can it be used to accomplish the task . . . saving the planet?
Answer:
Civil Aviation being the largest segment of aviation can accomplish intervention within the atmosphere probably faster than any other entity based simply on numbers and frequency of opportunity.
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