• Otter@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    relevant bit (I think, I didn’t read the entire thing):

    And while many experts have been cautious about acknowledging it, there is increasing evidence that global warming has accelerated over the past 15 years rather than continued at a gradual, steady pace. That acceleration means that the effects of climate change we are already seeing — extreme heat waves, wildfires, rainfall and sea level rise — will only grow more severe in the coming years.

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      11 months ago

      This is nothing new though. Climate Scientist have ALWAYS been fearing a runaway effect. It has a wiki page and all. The author isn’t wrong, but it’s click bait. It’s not telling us anything new.

      • ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        11 months ago

        I think the difference is that, at least when I took a class on this (coincidentally about 15 years ago), we talked a lot about how there was likely to be a runaway effect. This article is saying that the climate measurements from the last 15 years provide evidence that the predicted runaway effect is, in fact, happening.

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          11 months ago

          I would like to buy 50 years time please 🥺, if people can wage war, build monuments, AI and trains all in under 30 years then we still have some what a slim chance of working through some of the climate change problems without committing mass suicide of some sort

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      11 months ago

      Good. Burn this mother fucker DOWN. This is what you wanted people. Soak it in, bitches.

    • Steeve@lemmy.ca
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      11 months ago

      I thought we knew this? I remember hearing that we’re just now feeling the effects of greenhouse gas emissions from the 80s, and emissions have drastically increased since then.