1.0Taming the Technospherehttps://blogs.oregonstate.edu/technosphereDavid Turnerhttps://blogs.oregonstate.edu/technosphere/author/turnedav/The Technosphere is Melting the Cryosphere - Taming the Technosphererich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="AdDfBB40et"><a href="https://blogs.oregonstate.edu/technosphere/2021/02/01/the-technosphere-is-melting-the-cryosphere/">The Technosphere is Melting the Cryosphere</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://blogs.oregonstate.edu/technosphere/2021/02/01/the-technosphere-is-melting-the-cryosphere/embed/#?secret=AdDfBB40et" width="600" height="338" title="“The Technosphere is Melting the Cryosphere” — Taming the Technosphere" data-secret="AdDfBB40et" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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By way of fossil fuel combustion, the technosphere is driving up the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and correspondingly, warming the global climate. That new heat is causing reduced snow cover, receding glaciers, melting of ice caps, and loss of sea ice. By various anthropogenically driven mechanisms, the cryosphere is also said to be “darkening” and hence melting quicker because more solar radiation is absorbed.https://osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/blogs.dir/3635/files/2021/02/2560px-Blue-ice-spitzbergen_hg-1-1024x624.jpg