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woadles t1_iz2abbi wrote

Reply to comment by pyrrhios in The first complete picture of the Arctic sea ice freeze-thaw cycle reveals that total ice growth still cannot offset sea ice loss in summer by marketrent

Wasn't there an ice age like 12 thousand years ago?

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Strazdas1 t1_iz4cbqe wrote

It took 89 000 years to melt. We are doing it in just a bit over 100.

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woadles t1_iz57mtx wrote

Yeah but I mean that means people survived it, right? Isn't that why there's all this contest about how old humans really are and what ancient history looks like because it turns out there almost had to be advanced civilizations during the ice age?

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cdav3435 t1_iz5kilx wrote

“Humankind” survived, but odds are pretty good that you, me, and the next guy specifically won’t.

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