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Re:‘Something weird is going on’: Antarctic sea ice stays at... by jfengel on Saturday July 29, 2023 @08:29AM (#36919618)
We can't adapt to something that keeps changing. If we keep putting out CO2, the climate will keep getting hotter. It's not as if giving up will make it stop here. It really can go to 8C or more, a temperature that will make large parts of the earth uninhabitable.

We're going to be forced to make changes -- not just "adapt" but substantially alter society. The longer we wait the worse it will be.

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Re:‘Something weird is going on’: Antarctic sea ice stays at... by jacquesm on Saturday July 29, 2023 @08:32AM (#36919648)
I've seen the analogy be made that it is comparable to avoiding the grounding of a big vessel, say an ocean tanker. The sooner you act the smaller the course and velocity changes will have to be, the later the more extreme and violent they will have to be.

We're already well into the territory where we will in all likelihood not escape a grounding. But we can still choose the spot where we ground how much work it will be to get the boat afloat again once that happens.

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Re:‘Something weird is going on’: Antarctic sea ice stays at... by almostnormal on Saturday July 29, 2023 @08:46AM (#36919752)
> We're already well into the territory where we will in all likelihood not escape a grounding.

The melting ice will increase sea levels sufficiently to avoid grounding.

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Re:‘Something weird is going on’: Antarctic sea ice stays at... by jacquesm on Saturday July 29, 2023 @08:53AM (#36919811)
That's your best effort at contributing to the discussion?
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Re:‘Something weird is going on’: Antarctic sea ice stays at... by CrzyLngPwd on Saturday July 29, 2023 @09:13AM (#36919975)
Of course we can adapt to things that keep changing. Noting is static in the universe, change is inevitable.

Sure, billons will die and it will be the end of our civilisation as we know it, but either we'll adapt to the new life or we won't.

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