Arctic tundra is now emitting more carbon than it absorbs, US agency says

Re:Arctic tundra is now emitting more carbon than it absorbs... by tim333 on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @09:47AM (#42388228)

Though if you look at the history of the earth the climate has fluctuated constantly, millions of species have evolved and gone extinct, 99% have been wiped out by meteors at times. Humans have only been here for like 0.0025% of it and tech for like 0.000001% of it. It's a bit overdone to panic over it getting slightly warmer.

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Re:Arctic tundra is now emitting more carbon than it absorbs... by lm28469 on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @02:20PM (#42391656)

Well first of all it fluctuated much much much slower, and even if we skip that part, getting wiped out doesn't seem very desirable. Of course the planet and life in general will continue, what will degrade over time is the abundance we enjoyed up until now.

The fact that we changed so much despite being "here for like 0.0025% of it and tech for like 0.000001% of it" is the alarming part lol

https://xkcd.com/1732/

https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1200,h_600,c_fill,f_jp...

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