Scientists discuss if Antarctica is at point of no return

[pixy0stix]

www.reuters.com/business/environment/scientists-chile-question-if-antarctica-has-hit-point-no-return-2024-08-28/

Super short summary - Perhaps not quite, but emissions have to be cut drastically NOW to avoid the dreaded tipping point.

[wawa]

Aug 28, 2024 10:38:38 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

www.reuters.com/business/environment/scientists-chile-question-if-antarctica-has-hit-point-no-return-2024-08-28/

Super short summary - Perhaps not quite, but emissions have to be cut drastically NOW to avoid the dreaded tipping point.

and they won't be.  
So.....great.

[cville]

This stuff stresses me out so much and I feel so helpless. ARGH

[aurora]

Honestly, it doesn't matter to me if Antarctica is near, at, or beyond the point of no return. I'm going to continue dedicating a significant portion of my life to this because I couldn't be content if I weren't doing so. And we're way too far into the crisis of climate change to worry about exactly where we are.

[basilosaurus]

That it's drifting to warmer waters which will accelerate melt is terrifying.

I have an entire sci Fi image in head of an army of tugboats pushing it back and making it reattach. Pure fantasy I know, just like the fantasy of people caring enough to truly address the coming catastrophe.

Edit, my screen went haywire apparently with crazy autocorrect, and it was too bright for me to see. Fixed it now