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OhNo-Really

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7. 15 years ago Sir John Houghton co-chair IPCC rang the alarm

Sun Mar 5, 2023, 12:12 AM

Mar 2023

No one of power wanted to downgrade lifestyles.

And here we are

In our well lit homes with our fancy social media devices, food cooling, water heating fossil fuel operated everything.

We don’t know how to downgrade.

And I conserve and bundle up….still

What a disaster unbridled greed has created.

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'Everyone should be concerned': Antarctic sea ice reaches lowest levels ever recorded [View all] jgo Mar 2023 OP

Concerned? No. The worst of climate change is going to happen. Lochloosa Mar 2023 #1

What's more - Big Awl (and the military) is already eyeing Antarctica for suspected mineral riches peppertree Mar 2023 #4

The Northwest Passage is an actual thing now. paleotn Mar 2023 #30

My goodness. We just passed 1.7 trillion dollar climate change bill. jimfields33 Mar 2023 #6

I also think NJCher Mar 2023 #9

Sorry, but I don't share your optimism. I was born and raised in Florida. Lochloosa Mar 2023 #12

Slowing our own impact doesn't mean we're turning back the clock. Lancero Mar 2023 #18

2.5 c is baked in. Talk to any of the 30k climate scientists Javaman Mar 2023 #23

Yep. We dithered way too long. paleotn Mar 2023 #29

Mainly agree, but orthoclad Mar 2023 #47

We all collectively shit the bed. Javaman Mar 2023 #52

You're thinking only of the US and the global north orthoclad Mar 2023 #53

okay, then. Javaman Mar 2023 #54

I've read 3 centigrade is death to the human race IbogaProject Mar 2023 #57

yup. absolutely. Javaman Mar 2023 #61

Only parts of the US Kaleva Mar 2023 #64

The last time we had 400 ppm CO2, seas were 75' higher NickB79 Mar 2023 #42

And those shifts were more gradual IbogaProject Mar 2023 #62

That's why assisted migration of plants needs to happen pronto NickB79 Mar 2023 #63

"First World" individuals will not be inconvenienced to sacrifice for their freedoms or environment. Magoo48 Mar 2023 #39

Thank you for the info! Lucinda Mar 2023 #2

The train has left the station. Used to think 2070 would be THE year. JanMichael Mar 2023 #3

I agree. It's a done deal. Lochloosa Mar 2023 #13

Yup. Javaman Mar 2023 #24

This Northern Hemisphere summer is gonna be a cooker. roamer65 Mar 2023 #5

15 years ago Sir John Houghton co-chair IPCC rang the alarm OhNo-Really Mar 2023 #7

How true this rant was in Kingsman. roamer65 Mar 2023 #8

That Delphinus Mar 2023 #26

The melting is not alarming. What is though is the amount of pollution we pump both into our air cstanleytech Mar 2023 #10

The problem with the rising oceans is that so much of the population lives near sea level Quixote1818 Mar 2023 #11

The population being forced to move is a very short term problem. The pollution though will be alot cstanleytech Mar 2023 #15

Don't be cavalier, please orthoclad Mar 2023 #48

I am not trying to be cavalier rather I am trying to be realistic. cstanleytech Mar 2023 #56

What is alarming is how the melting affects the chemistry and temperature of the Oceans. Ford_Prefect Mar 2023 #16

Wait until the ocean swallow whole cities. The contamination will GPV Mar 2023 #19

We've already seen that when NYC got flooded during the hurricane. Ford_Prefect Mar 2023 #21

That was just a teaser. GPV Mar 2023 #22

Houston, orthoclad Mar 2023 #49

Miami is already seeing regular high tides that flood the city Javaman Mar 2023 #27

Yup as there are a ton of factories as well as chemical storage and oil facilities in a number of cstanleytech Mar 2023 #33

A dead ocean could be our future. GPV Mar 2023 #34

Dead? Doubtful. Greatly reduced? Yup. The real worry about it in regards to the ocean are the effect cstanleytech Mar 2023 #35

Massively reduced. We already have acidification, dead zones, and GPV Mar 2023 #36

I know and but I lump all that in with the pollution problem so we should be far more focused on cstanleytech Mar 2023 #37

Mass extinction orthoclad Mar 2023 #50

I guess you don't live along the coasts. nt Javaman Mar 2023 #25

No, I don't. I do know what it's like to have to move constantly as I grew up poor so we ended up cstanleytech Mar 2023 #32

You have heard of back feeding rivers right? Javaman Mar 2023 #40

Yes, I know about that and the same still applies as people will have to move and cstanleytech Mar 2023 #45

Hate to break it to you, but it's already happening Javaman Mar 2023 #46

The melting will drive a mass exodus inland NickB79 Mar 2023 #44

Not to lose sight that it's also summer down there right now. Even so, the Antarctic has lost much ancianita Mar 2023 #14

I wonder what the concern will be Mr. Evil Mar 2023 #17

I haven't checked DC on the flood maps. GPV Mar 2023 #20

I've been tracking thwaites for a while Javaman Mar 2023 #28

Jesus Christ, Goddamn, I'm fucked. twodogsbarking Mar 2023 #31

The tundra is thawing. I wonder what viruses and bacteria will be released. friend of a friend Mar 2023 #38

It's already releasing methane Javaman Mar 2023 #41

Methane blowholes in Siberia orthoclad Mar 2023 #51

Antarctica is in reality a series of large islands NickB79 Mar 2023 #43

Honestly... at this point.... Happy Hoosier Mar 2023 #55

Nuclear power is the only answer, Elessar Zappa Mar 2023 #58

I spent nearly a year of my life at Palmer Station Antarctica jpak Mar 2023 #59

We've already given the planet the disease. LudwigPastorius Mar 2023 #60