Charts show how little progress has been made in limiting greenhouse emissions

Re:Charts show how little progress has been made in limiting... by titzer on Monday September 23, 2019 @01:48PM (#21051413)

We're getting close to the point of no return when it comes to losing all of the ice. That melting process may take 1000 years, but becomes inevitable once there is sufficient CO2 in the atmosphere.

https://www.businessinsider.com/greenland-approaching-thresh...

https://www.carbonbrief.org/scientists-identify-melting-thre...

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26102017/antarctica-sea-l...

I couldn't find a source for "all the glaciers will melt" but it's a pretty safe bet that if Greenland ice is gone in 1000 years, then so are pretty much all worldwide (mountain) glaciers, and the ice caps.

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Re:Charts show how little progress has been made in limiting... by fallingfrog on Monday September 23, 2019 @02:45PM (#21052133)

Yes and not only that but the fact that the glaciers are going to melt over 1000 years is actually worse than if it happened in a single event- instead of a single trauma you have a 1 foot per decade rise, decade after decade, century after century.

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