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Javaman

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61. yup. absolutely.

Reply to IbogaProject (Reply #57)

Tue Mar 7, 2023, 08:56 AM

Mar 2023

sadly, there are areas of the third world that are already experiencing it.

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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