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Re:Alaska’s Permafrost Is Thawing by stcredzero on Friday August 25, 2017 @02:02PM (#15100719)
If that's true, then my understanding is that 4 degrees of warming is inevitable, and 5 degrees is likely. 6 degrees probably isn't ruled out.
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Re:Alaska’s Permafrost Is Thawing by Diederich on Friday August 25, 2017 @02:14PM (#15100824)
Do you have children? I have a teenage son. A heretofore normal lifespan for him will bring him to the late 21st century.

I can hardly think about what things will be like then.

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Re:Alaska’s Permafrost Is Thawing by saalweachter on Friday August 25, 2017 @07:36PM (#15103109)
When my daughter is the age of my grandmother, it will be the 22nd century.
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Re:Alaska’s Permafrost Is Thawing by Diederich on Saturday August 26, 2017 @05:48PM (#15107669)
That's incredibly sobering.
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Re:Alaska’s Permafrost Is Thawing by saalweachter on Saturday August 26, 2017 @08:09PM (#15108204)
... and I'll probably be 20 years in the grave.
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