King-of-the-Universe-Best-Of.mp3
King-of-the-Universe-Best-Of.mp4
King-of-the-Universe-intro.mp3
King-of-the-Universe.mp3
King-of-the-Universe.mp4
[Intro]
Albedo… (so….) here we go
[Verse 1]
Warmly, we’ve come to no
(Albedo)
Cautiously, I’ve come to be
(Obviously)
[Bridge]
Albedo… (so….) here we go
[Chorus]
Sudden sea level pulses
(The pulse of the universe)
What’s it going to take
(To break the climate)
[Bridge]
An exceptional primate
(King of the Universe is us?)
Pop my cork
(Stick it with a fork]
[Verse 2]
Back for seconds
(At the feedback loop)
The me in me I reckon
(Will take a second scoop)
[Bridge]
Albedo… (so….) here we go
[Chorus]
Sudden sea level pulses
(The pulse of the universe)
What’s it going to take
(To break the climate)
[Bridge]
An exceptional primate
(King of the Universe is us?)
Pop my cork
(Stick it with a fork]
[Chorus]
Sudden sea level pulses
(The pulse of the universe)
What’s it going to take
(To break the climate)
[Outro]
I ass-ume the prime primate
(Lives in all of us)
Popped your cork
(Stuck it with a fork]
A SCIENCE NOTE: Albedo Feedback and Ice Melt
As ice melts, darker surfaces are exposed, absorbing more heat and causing further melt. Sea ice melt increases ocean heat but does not directly raise sea levels, whereas land ice melt in Greenland and Antarctica not only raises sea levels but alters ocean salinity and temperature, destabilizing the AMOC.
Greenland and Antarctica contain “corks” holding vast meltwater reservoirs. Once these corks break, sudden sea level pulses of 1-3 feet per year for multiple years could occur, with unpredictable impacts on the AMOC and global climate systems.
* Our climate model — incorporating complex social-ecological feedback loops within a dynamic, non-linear system — projects that global temperatures could rise by up to 9°C (16.2°F) within this century. This far exceeds earlier estimates, which predicted a 4°C rise over the next thousand years, and signals a dramatic acceleration of warming.
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