“We now have direct evidence that not only was the ice gone, but that plants and insects were living there,”…Near‑complete melting of Greenland’s ice over the next centuries to a few millennia would lead to some 23 feet of sea‑level rise.

  • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world
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    Clickbait title. I don’t plan to be living over the next few centuries or millennia. There are plenty of reasons to not buy a beach house but this ain’t one of them.

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      When we stopped caring about our communities, we stopped caring about being a part of something bigger and capitalism has taught us all to just sit and stew in our own depression and our own emotions. Boomer generation 2.0.

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      I don’t plan to be living over the next few centuries or millennia.

      It’s hard to read this without hearing a “I got mine, so f everyone after me” in it. When you talk about this with your friends, maybe consider rephrasing it?

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        I think if the title said something like “cities of the world could flood in the next century” rather than “don’t buy a beach house”, you would have a point. But that’s not the case here.

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        Honestly, I’m 195cm so in all likelihood I’m mortal than most people on average

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          Well, tall people have it harder with pumping blood, so you might be mortaller.

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      I think that’s kind of a tongue in cheek joke.

      Regular people don’t respect the actual issue at hand(like yourself a little) trying to portray it as relevant or something they can understand is important for scientists to do.

      Unfortunately science and the truth are worthless if morons don’t understand them.