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So far this year we've seen: record breaking fires in Canada, ice disappearing from the north pole area, a huge positive temperature anomaly over the south pole

So far this year we've seen: record breaking fires in Canada, ice disappearing from the north pole area, a huge positive temperature anomaly over the south pole with associated melting, and recording breaking floods across Europe and Asia. I would suggest that an involuntary geoforming experiment on one's own home planet - which so far is slowly but steadily making it less habitable - may not be the smartest thing a species should be doing.

Tade0 3y ago
At least we pushed the next glaciation forward - provided we survive what's happening now.
gonzo41 3y ago
I'm expecting a few big earthquakes in the next 0-20 years. Melting all that ice on the top of globe will ease up some pressure and the earth will deform and things will shift. There's a few subduction zone's that are overdue for a slip.
ajsnigrutin 3y ago
Didn't antarctica (south pole) gain a lot of ice? Unexpectedly? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36221552 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36221552
- anoonmoose 3y ago
  Not to re-start a five-day old flamewar but the discussion you linked to seems pretty divided and my personal opinion is that the answer to your question seems to be "no".
- HWR_14 3y ago
  No, and even the first few comments make it clear Antarctica did not gain ice. A subarea of Antarctica, where they expected ice to decrease, gained ice. Antarctica as a whole lost ice. One reason could be that this subarea is an area where ice is lost from, but also an area where ice from Antarctica moves to. So as ice in general melts, some of it also gets relocated to this area.
- csomar 3y ago
  The climate change is not equally distributed. Antractica is getting colder. However, the earth, on average, is getting hotter. This means that places that are getting hotter, are getting hotter more than the average. (since some places are not changing or getting colder).
hospitalJail 3y ago
The melting thing is the thing that flipped me(like 10 years ago). Russia shipping stuff from previously frozen areas during the winter was something I couldn't deny. Like, you can ignore all sorts of science under the guise that it was bad science. Anything biology and beyond has some sort of issue with methodology. However, a physical ship, bringing products/oil, in a previously frozen area, was undeniable. Who would have thought it was a logistics person that flipped me rather than a scientist.
- wizofaus 3y ago
  Flipped you how though - I would have thought that was a great example of how warming can be beneficial, hence something we needn't worry about avoiding, and there are still people out there that will argue that with a straight face.
  - hospitalJail 3y ago
    Today's candy is tomorrow's stomach ache. Maybe I have a deep seeded conservative bent(my parents are...), but a different environment in my lifetime sounds scary AF.
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Tade0 3y ago

At least we pushed the next glaciation forward - provided we survive what's happening now.

gonzo41 3y ago

I'm expecting a few big earthquakes in the next 0-20 years. Melting all that ice on the top of globe will ease up some pressure and the earth will deform and things will shift. There's a few subduction zone's that are overdue for a slip.

ajsnigrutin 3y ago

Didn't antarctica (south pole) gain a lot of ice? Unexpectedly? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36221552 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36221552

anoonmoose 3y ago
Not to re-start a five-day old flamewar but the discussion you linked to seems pretty divided and my personal opinion is that the answer to your question seems to be "no".
HWR_14 3y ago
No, and even the first few comments make it clear Antarctica did not gain ice. A subarea of Antarctica, where they expected ice to decrease, gained ice. Antarctica as a whole lost ice. One reason could be that this subarea is an area where ice is lost from, but also an area where ice from Antarctica moves to. So as ice in general melts, some of it also gets relocated to this area.
csomar 3y ago
The climate change is not equally distributed. Antractica is getting colder. However, the earth, on average, is getting hotter. This means that places that are getting hotter, are getting hotter more than the average. (since some places are not changing or getting colder).

hospitalJail 3y ago

The melting thing is the thing that flipped me(like 10 years ago). Russia shipping stuff from previously frozen areas during the winter was something I couldn't deny. Like, you can ignore all sorts of science under the guise that it was bad science. Anything biology and beyond has some sort of issue with methodology. However, a physical ship, bringing products/oil, in a previously frozen area, was undeniable. Who would have thought it was a logistics person that flipped me rather than a scientist.

wizofaus 3y ago
Flipped you how though - I would have thought that was a great example of how warming can be beneficial, hence something we needn't worry about avoiding, and there are still people out there that will argue that with a straight face.
- hospitalJail 3y ago
  Today's candy is tomorrow's stomach ache. Maybe I have a deep seeded conservative bent(my parents are...), but a different environment in my lifetime sounds scary AF.

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