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[deleted] t1_j8p2gi7 wrote

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MirtaGev t1_j8psk1k wrote

What happens when it shatters?

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[deleted] t1_j8ptf9m wrote

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Most_Ruin_3005 t1_j8qf11r wrote

It's also worth mentioning 2 more points:

  1. not only will sea levels rise, but as glaciers melt, they'll disrupt the composition of the ocean itself. Glaciers are fresh-water, while most of the ocean is salt water. This will, inevitably, lead to significant oceanic ecosystem disruptions and potentially many more extinctions;
  2. rising sea levels will also have a dramatic impact on global weather patterns. It's hard to predict what those will be, but we should expect more unpredictable weather shifts, stronger storms, and more anamolous "once in a century" weather events becoming significantly more commonplace.

So, in reality, the situation is much more dire than just sea level rise. We're at the liminal precipice, now, of the Holocene Extinction. Buckle in, because shit's gonna get real weird.

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missC08 t1_j8rhk7f wrote

Sigh. Now I'm depressed.

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[deleted] t1_j8s0z31 wrote

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missC08 t1_j8sc5td wrote

All of this, is a big reason why I'm on the fence of having kids. My husband and I want to be parents but the environment is going to shit. We'd feel guilty bringing kids into this world and then we'd be leaving it worse off than before.

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