Antarctica: Thousands of emperor penguin chicks died in 2016 weather event

Re:Antarctica: Thousands of emperor penguin chicks died in 2... by lazyjones on Thursday April 25, 2019 @07:32AM (#19746967)

> I'd argue that examples of disasters that are incredibly likely to be a consequence of rising global temperatures would fill the "intellectual curiosity" niche.

I'd disagree, because good hackers are already familiar with the subject and possible consequences and such news aren't going to change anything. We're already being spammed with daily climate apocalypse news on all major news sites and come to HN for stuff that isn't from Reuters/AP/BBC/etc. ...

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Re:Antarctica: Thousands of emperor penguin chicks died in 2... by abalone on Thursday April 25, 2019 @08:00AM (#19747129)

I for one was not familiar with the fact that over half the world’s population of this species may die off by the end of the century due to climate change. Science and computers are essential to understanding these complex and urgent effects and thus it is eminently appropriate for HN.

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Re:Antarctica: Thousands of emperor penguin chicks died in 2... by sokoloff on Thursday April 25, 2019 @07:42AM (#19747019)

How do those good hackers learn the things that all good hackers know?

https://xkcd.com/1053/

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Re:Antarctica: Thousands of emperor penguin chicks died in 2... by lazyjones on Thursday April 25, 2019 @07:54AM (#19747085)

They have seen the last 100 (apparent) climate alarmism posts on HN in the past few months.

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Re:Antarctica: Thousands of emperor penguin chicks died in 2... by ionised on Thursday April 25, 2019 @09:00AM (#19747593)

Perhaps this isn't the community for you, if it is failing to meet your standards.

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