Physical oceanographer at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ). Measuring the Meridional Atlantic Ocean Circulation (AMOC). Interested in ocean, climate, diversity, sailing, creativity. Views my own. Posts in English and Dutch
Femke de Jong
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Both the Nenana Ice Classic and the Yukon River at Dawson City are done for the year - May 4th and 5th respectively - a little later than trend would suggest (in line with very cold + snowy winter), but long term trends are still clear.
Experts: klimaatverandering is 'catastrofale dreiging voor volksgezondheid'
@fmkdejong.bsky.social is a seagoing physical oceanographer and senior scientist at NIOZ. She specializes in the North Atlantic Ocean's currents, focusing on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and its climate impact.
🌊 1960–2023: +2.06 mm/year
🌊 2005–2023: +3.94 mm/year
What’s driving it?
43% thermal expansion
27% glacier melt
15% Greenland ice loss
12% Antarctica ice loss
The biggest shift?
We’re moving from ocean warming → to massive ice-sheet melt in Greenland & Antarctica.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
To see how important US science is, consider measurements of changes in ocean heat content. US data are ~53% of the total. Over half!
But removing the US data is worse than randomly removing 80% of the total data, because unlike other countries, the US makes measurements everywhere. 🧪🌊
