Ice loss from the world's glaciers has accelerated over the past decade, scientists said on Wednesday, warning that melting may be faster than previously expected in the coming years and drive sea levels higher.
  • stopdropandprole@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    our only hope at this point is probably

    1. people globally deciding to have fewer and fewer children due to rapidly deteriorating standards of living paired with rising inequality (no one will be able to afford kids let alone a home or healthcare)

    2. perpetual multi-crises and climate catastrophes disrupting supply chains and halting economic growth/consumption

    3. global economic collapse due to war, mass refugee migration, reshaping of national borders in a race to extract dwindling reserves of precious minerals and ore, also resulting in plummeting per capita consumption and/or birthrate

    4. all of the above in a self-reinforcing feedback loop

    … fuck, this was supposed to be the hopeful scenario. smh, we live in interesting times.

    • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      I think it’s 2 & 3 plus …

      1. Multiple tipping points reached accelerating climate change.
      2. Acidification of oceans, gulf stream current creation, and microplastic pollution cause collapse of most natural food chains on the planet.
      3. Drought and floods washes fertile soil away.
      4. Famine causes billions of deaths.
      5. Drug resistant bacteria causes billions of deaths.
      6. Wars fought mostly by drones over remaining pockets of arable land destabilise remaining economies and supply chains.
    • SolidShake@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Our only real hope is the US gets it’s head out of its own asshole and pitches in. Same with China too. But every other country on the planet has some sort of plan except those two. (And some others but don’t effect imtje globe as much)

      People also need to stop believing in a god and shit. You show some Looney live and in person real time information on climate change and they would say “yeah idk. Seems pretty fake and just a cash grab”

      We as a species, as a whole, deserve everything we are getting.

  • Obinice@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    I should visit a glacier so I can see what they look like, before they’re all gone forever.

    Iceland’s just over the pond and I’ve always wanted to visit, hmm!

  • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Zemp, who leads the WGMS, said the team’s observations and recent modelling studies suggest that glacier melt this century will be faster than projected in the most recent assessment by United Nations IPCC climate experts.

    Because the IPCC is a disinformation campaign owned by the fossil fuel planet killers.