• @eleitl@lemmy.world
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      211 months ago

      It doesn’t stop overnight. In fact it has noticeably slowed down already. Of course the process becomes quicker when Greenland freshwater runoff becomes massive.

  • @red_october@reddthat.com
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    711 months ago

    If the records shattered this year tell us anything, it is that these models are too optimistic. Undoubtedly, this will occur during our lives.

    • @guriinii@lemmy.world
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      111 months ago

      Yeah, I know it’s a bit of a meme within the community. But surely scientists should start modelling in ‘faster than expected’ to get more accurate results.

  • brainfreeze
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    111 months ago

    That’s a pretty good spread of years, though. Is that something that they can reduce with more data or technological advances?