Thwaites mass loss rate is 500% what it was in 1990. 500%, that is 2026 study. It is accelerating very rapidly as well.

I don’t give a damn, to be perfectly honest, what some sign posted god knows when with who knows what information, says. This is a man made global catastrophe. Information and research is very clear and very robust.

Ice loss in just 202x, from JUST thwaites, contributes to several centimeters of ocean rise. It’s going to be much much higher in 203x and 204x. It’s just one (unusually big) glacier of many.

We can all sit here and Reee Reee about the things that were overly reductive, overstated, wrong, even a lie. What I wrote above this is none of those and it’s actually psychotic how little we talk about the cryosphere collapse, given how badly it’s going to fuck us, not 1000 years from now, not 100 years from now, but 10 years from now. I played a video game twice that age on my computer yesterday.

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dnautics 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

well theres a subset of countries that are reducing their emissions and a subset of countries that are not. perhaps we should punish the countries that are not.

	▲	xscott 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You're going to punish Bolivia, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Congo?!? I don't think that will help: https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-by... Maybe you'll suggest changing that to be per capita? Punishing Palau, Qatar, and Kuwait?

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colpabar an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

> I don’t give a damn, to be perfectly honest, what some sign posted god knows when with who knows what information, says. This is a man made global catastrophe. Information and research is very clear and very robust.

It's great that you are smarter than everyone else, but if you want policy to change in democratic countries, you need to convince people to vote for politicians who will enact said policy changes. You have to convince people, not make them feel stupid. I would argue that the way you are engaging with the parent comment is actually working against your desired outcome, and I really wish people would realize that and stop all the annoying scolding. You aren't helping!

> it’s actually psychotic how little we talk about the cryosphere collapse

Why would anyone want to talk about this if you are just going to yell at them?

I know it seems silly and it is probably very frustrating, but nothing is going to change unless you get the votes to change it.