The Arctic is likely to become “ice-free” by midcentury—and could pass that grim milestone much sooner unless much more is done to combat climate change
Well, good luck with that.
The Arctic is likely to become “ice-free” by midcentury—and could pass that grim milestone much sooner unless much more is done to combat climate change
Well, good luck with that.
Pretty amazing to see all these downvotes on a purely factual statement. Watch it yourselves:
https://youtu.be/7hI5t3Uwfkk?t=1619
Then maybe you should pay more attention to the actual climate scientists then politicians.
Oh I do. That’s the whole point. This whole thread is about doomists screaming about what’s not the current scientific consensus.
What to you is the current scientific consensus then?
To me? It’s what you find in IPCC AR6. You read the IPCC reports right?
Well I was asking you specifically since your comment made it seem like you didn’t think it could be possible. So I was just asking to see what what measure of “doomerism” in particular you followed cuz it all sounds pretty bad to me.
My guess is that I’m the only person in this thread that reads the IPCC reports. “Maybe at the end of the century” is way different from “the next few years”.
(PS: The IPCC also states that only half of the reduction of the ice is due to human emissions, so, don’t go buying property at sea level regardless of how well we do at stopping said emissions)
So in 70 years our grandchildren are fucked? Much better, dont know those assholes anyways
The problem is the statement seriously misrepresents what Gore said, which was in turn a misrepresentation of the current state of research
I was being nice to Gore. The polar ice cap includes a lot more than just the summer sea ice.
He tried to describe research, and got it wrong. That’s going to happen some of the time when a politician (or any other non-expert) tries to describe science. It’s not a big deal unless they’re doing it consistently or intentionally.
Do note the article is about a comment in 2009 while I describe something from 2008. You would expect him to make that mistake once - not repeatedly :) Feel free to check the Youtube clip. The words “quick fact” are relevant.