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NickB79

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22. Honestly, if this is real, there's not much left to do to stop it

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #15)

Sun Jul 6, 2025, 10:39 PM

Jul 6

We don't have the scalable tech to draw down CO2 in any meaningful way, no matter what some of the tech bros say, and it will take millennia to naturally sequester enough CO2 to stop this. If we've passed this tipping point, there is no serious slowing it any more.

Adaptation would require a massive migration away from the equator towards the poles, and abandoning every coastal city we have. All while emitting no additional carbon.

No one will do this, as it would destroy the global economy.

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Major reversal in ocean circulation detected in the Southern Ocean, with key climate implications [View all] Emrys Jul 5 OP

That went... 2naSalit Jul 5 #1

Poles dweller Jul 5 #2

Thankfully that's not possible and just a crackpot theory NickB79 Jul 6 #21

Ok sure dweller Jul 6 #23

I remember when the markodochartaigh Jul 7 #26

Glad Europe is funding this--can't be shut down by an EO Bayard Jul 5 #3

Fuck dalton99a Jul 5 #4

And the Orange Anus will do absolutely nothing about it. SunSeeker Jul 6 #6

Say what you will about the Orange Anus BWdem4life Jul 6 #14

He absolutely has the power to prepare us for the effects of climate change. SunSeeker Jul 6 #15

Honestly, if this is real, there's not much left to do to stop it NickB79 Jul 6 #22

Lethal wet bulb temperatures markodochartaigh Jul 7 #27

I'm not a climate scientist. But I do know enough Dr. T Jul 6 #5

That's friggin' funny. Tell him he needs to read the bible himself instead of zoning out to some Joel Olsteen. LT Barclay Jul 6 #10

Did you skip "Job"? nt intrepidity Jul 6 #12

No why? LT Barclay Jul 6 #13

Agreed on "we are fucked.." There was a post yesterday on one of the climate theorists who had c-rational Jul 7 #29

Does that mean BidenRocks Jul 6 #7

Whatever dissolved itself in the water. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 6 #19

Any geological evidence for what has actually been the consequences for when it's happened in the past? cstanleytech Jul 6 #8

This is scary as hell. highplainsdem Jul 6 #9

"...bringing with them heat and carbon dioxide (CO₂ ) that had been trapped for centuries." LudwigPastorius Jul 6 #11

Life on Earth will adapt to the new climate. Dr. T Jul 6 #16

"Life on Earth" - not all of it, possibly not most of life as we know it today RandomNumbers Jul 6 #17

Figures. Xavier Breath Jul 6 #18

A doubling of CO2 would be utterly catastrophic NickB79 Jul 6 #20

KnR Hekate Jul 7 #24

3 days later and still not on many websites or news outlets. C Moon Jul 7 #25

Here is a very interesting video by markodochartaigh Jul 7 #28