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Greenland glacier called Jakobshavn, the largest in the north Atlantic, is growing in size after decreasing for several years. It's almost like there's a cycle.
by patrickg_zill 7y ago
Greenland glacier called Jakobshavn, the largest in the north Atlantic, is growing in size after decreasing for several years. It's almost like there's a cycle...
- twright 7y ago"Turn off the alarms everyone, this part of the building isn't on fire." It takes more than a few data-points to declare a trend reversed, especially one this big. In the paper I believe you're referring to they even conclude: > Despite the slowdown and thickening we report here, glacier flow still exceeds the velocities of the early 1990s, when the mass balance of the glacier was nearly in equilibrium, and continues to contribute to Greenland’s net ice mass loss. [1] [1]: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-019-0329-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-019-0329-3
- drharby 7y agoI think you ate not genuinely interpreting your parents message. Theres alarms and then theres reasons to ve concerned about the future. Why so damn hostile to an otherwise decent observation
- 0xcafecafe 7y agoWhen the Titanic was sinking, one part of it did go away from water at first.
- mg794613 7y agoYou are literly the personification of the joke "look, a snowflake, therefor climate change must be fake!"
- patrickg_zill 7y ago"What is the North Atlantic Oscillation?"
- dang 7y agoPlease do not cross into personal attack no matter how wrong another comment may be. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html