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Celerity

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3. 1 metre of sea level rise is now inevitable within a century or so and could come as early as 2070 if ice sheets

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Sat Jan 4, 2025, 01:52 PM

Jan 4

collapse and emissions are not curbed. An even more catastrophic rise of 3 metres is probably inevitable in the next millennium or two and could arrive as soon as the early 2100s.

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Toldyaso #490643: climate-driven sea level rise will overwhelm major oil ports, study shows [View all] cbabe Jan 4 OP

Irony on steroids malaise Jan 4 #1

Billionaires made their money destroying the world. Irish_Dem Jan 4 #2

That gap in reasoning has always baffled me... Hugin Jan 4 #4

The addiction to money and power overrides everything else. Irish_Dem Jan 4 #11

Space colonies? ananda Jan 4 #10

1 metre of sea level rise is now inevitable within a century or so and could come as early as 2070 if ice sheets Celerity Jan 4 #3

Alberta oil town burned. Then they doubled down on more oil exports. Where will cbabe Jan 4 #5

Faster than that.... FirstLight Jan 4 #6

I was only quoting the OP article Celerity Jan 4 #7

Yeah, I think the scientists have always used the LONGEST time duration to quote to the public FirstLight Jan 4 #9

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Half of the Netherlands is already under sea level DFW Jan 4 #12

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