Researchers reached the bottom of ice sheet at -2670M after 7 years of drilling

Re:Researchers reached the bottom of ice sheet at -2670M aft... by mytailorisrich on Monday July 31, 2023 @02:47PM (#36947101)

The point is that net zero is most likely not going to stop warming with 400+ppm CO2 in the atmosphere. CO2 concentration most likely has to drop but naturally it does so very slowly. Arguably at this point we already need cooling because 40+C every summer in half of Europe (for instance) is getting annoying...

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Re:Researchers reached the bottom of ice sheet at -2670M aft... by gottorf on Monday July 31, 2023 @05:15PM (#36948934)

> at this point we already need cooling

A colossal volcanic eruption could do the trick, and those seem to happen rather unnervingly frequently.

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Re:Researchers reached the bottom of ice sheet at -2670M aft... by MichaelZuo on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @09:26AM (#36955656)

Yeah it would be pretty silly for humanity to invest so much time and effort into lowering CO2 levels only for a Yellowstone or equivalent to erupt and send temperatures plummeting into a new ice age levels. When if humanity did nothing the eruption would only have taken us back to pre-industrial age temperatures.

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