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We most likely already emitted enough carbon dioxide to kill all glaciers worldwide. Regions who depend on glacier melt for their water supply need to act now.
by adrianN 3y ago
We most likely already emitted enough carbon dioxide to kill all glaciers worldwide. Regions who depend on glacier melt for their water supply need to act now.
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoInstead many are doing the opposite: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/renewables-pause-alberta-projects-companies-1.6942597 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/renewables-pause-albe...
- PeterisP 3y agoDoes Alberta or Canada depend on glacier melt for their water supply?
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoEdmonton and Calgary definitely do. Calgary in particular could be in trouble, depending on the Bow glacier, which is receding rapidly.
- manojlds 3y agoAct now how?
- adrianN 3y agoIf glaciers don’t store water for you, you need to do it yourself for example by building reservoirs
- kjkjadksj 3y agoThe only issue is pretty much all the good sites for a reservoir already have a reservoir by now. Whats left is expensive stuff like digging out underground reservoirs that you can imagine would take national support for a lot of places to achieve.
- chinathrow 3y agoHaving no water is even more expensive.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoThe oceans store plenty of water, we will just have to extract the salt. Ya, and build more reservoirs, poorer countries are going to get hit really hard.
- nlitened 3y agoSun automatically extracts salt-free water via evaporation, then the vapor is conveniently carried by winds all over the world and literally rains from the sky.
- polygamous_bat 3y agoBut without vastly overengineered projects, how would we find out about the massive geniuses like Elon Musk among us? /s
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoYou don’t even need that. Just look at Tokyo’s sewer system with huge cavernous water storage to avoid flooding.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoBut can we build enough reservoirs to store evaporated water? It seems like desalinization will still be important.
- hulitu 3y ago> If glaciers don’t store water for you, you need to do it yourself for example by building reservoirs But first get a refrigerator on Mount Everest to freeze the water. /s
- kjkjadksj 3y agoAt this point with the way political will is structured on this planet, the most direct way might be to overlay a satellite map of industrial emissions, drop leaflets to tell people not to show up to work, strike these targets, then argue you had no choice in front of the UN.
- morkalork 3y agoWell that's one way to end up dying in a nuclear holocaust.
- hulitu 3y ago> Regions who depend on glacier melt for their water supply need to act now. Yes. And the rest just sell CO2 certificates, eat popcorn and enjoy the drama. /s
- tintedfireglass 3y agohalf the world relies on water from the Himalayas and the tibetan highlands. China, SEA(Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand Myanmar) and South Asia all rely on glacial water for large scare agriculture
- adrianN 3y agoAnd they all have nukes. All the more important that they do something now that doesn’t involve a war over resources.