We've known for some time that warming temperatures pose a big threat to Artic ocean ice. However, only now are we learning about so-called "waves of destruction" that are speeding up the disappearance of sea ice.

According to a recent article by Mark Harris in Scientific American, the loss of sea ice in the Arctic has allowed large waves to develop in the now-open water. Those waves then break up the remaining sea ice, thus creating a feedback loop that could spell disaster for the ice caps.

Back in 2010, a Norwegian research vessel called the RV Lance set out to study ice pack, as they did every season. Although in previous years the team was able to walk out on to the ice pack, and even camp on larger floes, the 2010 team found too many cracks in the ice to explore safely.

After moving their ship deeper into the ice pack, the scientists noticed how small waves were quickly growing in size and breaking up large pieces of ice. That team recorded some waves that were more than 30 feet high, and watched as they rapidly broke the ice into thousands of smaller pieces.

The whole process is so fast and powerful that areas of over 16 kilometers of ice were destroyed in one hour. And, because of their ability to begin quickly and rapidly increase in power, these waves are nearly impossible to predict.

In addition to destroying sea ice, the waves are also very dangerous to ships, oil-drilling platforms, and arctic communities. This is what happens when a feedback loop is created, and this is how a small rise in temperatures quickly becomes a global catastrophe.

If we don't work harder to restore our environment, we may not survive as a species. We only have one planet to call home, so let's get busy making sure we can survive here in the future. Check out GreenWorldRising.org for more information.

 

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Need to Know: When Is The NSA Going to Stop Spying on Americans?
- Shahid Buttar, Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC)    

 

Screwed: Why Does Patraeus Get No Jail time for Leaking?
- Daniel Ellsberg, Freedom of the Press Foundation / ExposeFacts  

 

Best of the Rest: Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here!
- Karima E. Bennoune, Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism / UC Davis Law School  

 

PLUS, Clinton Cash and GOP Cash...All Are Dark Money
- Tommy Christopher, The Daily Banter    

 

Monday's Daily Stack 

Article: "Same-sex marriage: US supreme court has few choices but to 'end the debate'" by Amanda Holpuch.

Book: One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America by Kevin M. Kruse.

Article: "How Corporate America Invented Christian America" by Kevin M. Kruse.

Book: "The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America--and What We Can Do to Stop It" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: "Das Kapital" by Karl Marx.

Article: "Seventh-day Adventist Church" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ben Carson" by Wikipedia.

Bible: "Matthew 6:5-6" "But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret".

Article: "Did you hear about the black man killed by police this month?".

Quote: "when the clergy addressed General Washington on his departure from the Government, it was observed in their consultation, that he had never, on any occasion, said a word to the public which showed a belief in the Christian religion" - Thomas Jefferson.

Article: "Treaty of Tripoli" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Veto Act on Incorporating the Alexandria Protestant Episcopal Church (February 21, 1811)" by James Madison.

Letter: "Letter to Thomas Cooper" by Thomas Jefferson, February 10, 1814.

Article: "I am a Christian business owner in Indiana" by stophurtingamerica.

Article: "The Founders Confront Judge Moore" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Ted Cruz: Democratic Party home to 'liberal fascism' against Christians" by Ashley Killough.

Quote: "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death!" - Patrick Henry".

Book: "The Five Gospels: What Did Jesus Really Say? The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus" by Robert W. Funk.

Article: "First Amendment to the United States Constitution".

Hour Two: How would Jefferson define religious freedom?
- Demetrius Minor, Preservation and Purpose: How I became a conservative and how millennials can save America / Project 21  

Bible: "Matthew 25:31-46 (New International Version)". "All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats."

Bible: "Matthew 19:12" For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others--and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it..

Book: Preservation and Purpose: The Making of a Young Millennial, A Manifesto for Faith, Family and Politics by Demetrius Minor.

Speech: "1998 State of the Union Address" by Bill Clinton.

 

Video: Using Jesus For Profit - Bryan Fischer (Christmas naughty and nice corporations list).

Article: "Smedley Butler on Interventionism" by Smedley Butler, 1933.

Book: War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier by Smedley D. Butler.

Letter: "Letter to Thomas Cooper" by Thomas Jefferson, February 10, 1814.

Letter: "Letter to Dr. Benjamin Rush, Monticello" by Thomas Jefferson, September 23, 1800. " for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."

Article: "Entitlements are Bankrupting America. But the Rich Keep Taking Them" by Paul Buchheit.

Petition: "Sign our petition for debt-free college at all public universities." by Progressive Change Campaign Committee.

Article: "Federal solutions to our student loan problem" by Martin O'Malley.

Video: Don't Be a Sucker - 1947.

Article: "Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1805" by Thomas Jefferson.

 

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Victoria Jones 

Article: "$10 Million: The Latest On U.S. Aid To Nepal" by James Cullum.

Article: "U.N. Food Aid to Reach Affected Nepal Communities Tuesday" by Luke Vargas.

Article: "Loretta Lynch Sworn In" by TRNS.

Article: "Funeral Of Freddie Gray Calls For Peace Amidst Violent Protests" by Midori Nishida.

Article: "Supreme Court To Decide If You Can Sue When Data Aggregators Are Wrong" by Kate Cox.

Article: "Watch: Cholene's ThankList" by Ellen Ratner.

Site: Thank List.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 4/27" by Victoria Jones.

Hour Three: Marriage Equality is back in court
- Michelangelo Signorile, The Michelangelo Signorile Show-SiriusXM Progress 127 / It's Not Over: Getting Beyond Tolerance, Defeating Homophobia, and Winning True Equality   

Article: "What The Religious Right Envisions As An Endgame After Losing The Fight Against LGBT Equality" by Zack Ford.

Article: "Michelangelo Signorile On 'It's Not Over' And The Future Of The LGBT Movement" by Noah Michelson.

Article: "Supreme Court to Hear Marriage Equality Cases On April 28, 2015" by Erik Olvera.

Book: Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights by Kenji Yoshino.

Book: It's Not Over: Getting Beyond Tolerance, Defeating Homophobia, and Winning True Equality by Michelangelo Signorile.

 

Letter: "to William B. Giles", December 26, 1825 by Thomas Jefferson.

Article: "Letter to Samuel Kercheval" by Thomas Jefferson, June 12, 1816. "... but be glad to obtain subsistence by hiring ourselves to rivet their chains on the necks of our fellow-sufferers."

Letter: "To James Madison, Fontainebleau, Oct. 28, 1785" by Thomas Jefferson. "Another means of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt all from taxation below a certain point, and to tax the higher portions or property in geometrical progression as they rise."

Letter: "To James Madison, Paris, 8 December 1784" by Thomas Jefferson. "Taxes should be proportioned to what may be annually spared by the individual."

Article: "I'm Holding Firm Against Gay Marriage" by Bobby Jindal.

Article: "Obama slings jabs at the White House Correspondents dinner" by Reena Flores.

Article: "Poll Of Likely 2016 Voters" by GBA Strategies on behalf of the Progressive Change Institute.

Article: "Freddie Gray, The Human Pretzel" by MELANICMAN.

Article: "One Woman Live-Tweeted Her Son's Abstinence-Focused Sex Ed Class. Now Things Might Change" by Tara Culp-Ressler.

 

Article: "Corporations now spend more lobbying Congress than taxpayers spend funding Congress" by Ezra Klein.

Article: "Woman Cites Religious Freedom Law To Defend Her Right To Feed The Homeless" by Bryce Covert.

Article: "Elizabeth Warren, five other liberal Senators oppose Comcast merger" by Brian Stelter.

Article: "Mental Health Experts Warn of 'Emotional Toxicity' of Neoliberalism" by Sarah Lazare.

Article: "Labor Panel Passes Bill That Would Charge Big Employers With Low-Wage Workers" by Mara Lee.

Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET 

 

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