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NullTuples

(6,017 posts)
5. This is nothing.
Wed Dec 29, 2021, 05:42 PM
Dec 2021

Just wait until, just a couple more degrees of average temperature higher, all the permafrost & marine hydrates thaw and release a massive amount of methane into the atmosphere. Methane that's been slowly stored for thousands of years. Methane that is a hundred times worse of a greenhouse gas than CO2.

Remember way back in early 2020 when the media talked about The Curve in terms of COVID? That curve that was exponential and very quickly approached vertical?

We are already well on that curve, at the base of the vertical increase in average yearly temperatures in terms of global warming.

And we're doing next to nothing in aggregate, as a species, to stop or even slow it.

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Don't Look Up !!! uponit7771 Dec 2021 #1
We are so fucked. highplainsdem Dec 2021 #2
See any bronterocs? Thunderbeast Dec 2021 #3
Grin proud patriot Dec 2021 #16
Let's Go Fly Down And Get On A Cruise Ship DanieRains Dec 2021 #4
This is nothing. NullTuples Dec 2021 #5
I never did think NJCher Dec 2021 #7
Go ahead, give up. I'm not. . . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2021 #13
Oh, I'm not giving up NJCher Dec 2021 #17
Then perhaps don't write short missives like you are giving up or trying to discourage others. . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2021 #22
Will that suffocate humans and animals living in the permafrost areas? Buckeyeblue Dec 2021 #8
No caraher Dec 2021 #11
I was just thinking of how it needs to be burned off at some landfills Buckeyeblue Dec 2021 #18
Landfills and oil wells burn it off *because* it is such a strong greenhouse gas. NullTuples Dec 2021 #30
Sobering dose of truth Pachamama Dec 2021 #9
The status quo crowd won't like this news. jalan48 Dec 2021 #6
I saw an episode of Vice on this general topic - the Antractic ice sheet. BobTheSubgenius Dec 2021 #10
Well, Happy New Year everyone! smirkymonkey Dec 2021 #12
I wish people wouldn't post ATTENTION-GRABBING meaningless GIF animations. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2021 #14
Lighten up, dude. smirkymonkey Dec 2021 #15
Alert it or quit whining! Nt USALiberal Dec 2021 #19
Alert it or quit whining! Nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2021 #21
If you know Hamilton, that one is far from meaningless. nt Susan Calvin Dec 2021 #20
Hamilton has a spasm? Why is a spasm appropriate? Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2021 #23
I am currently working on the assumption Susan Calvin Dec 2021 #29
K & R Duppers Dec 2021 #24
This graph is NOTHING like what it will BE like. Covid is just a beta test of humans' ability ancianita Dec 2021 #25
That's a map. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2021 #26
Yes. Sorry. ancianita Dec 2021 #27
What the living will experience sooner than predicted. ancianita Dec 2021 #28
We were warned misanthrope Dec 2021 #31
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