Climate Change/Mass Extinction Megathread

[Zanza]

Saw an interesting statistic:

In 2004, it took a year to build one GW new solar capacity in the world. In 2010, a month. In 2015, a week. In 2023, less than a day to build one GW of solar capacity (about 390 GW planned for 2023).

[mongers]

Saw an interesting statistic:

In 2004, it took a year to build one GW new solar capacity in the world. In 2010, a month. In 2015, a week. In 2023, less than a day to build one GW of solar capacity (about 390 GW planned for 2023).

[crazy canuck]

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/23/rapid-ice-melt-in-west-antarctica-now-inevitable-research-shows

Terrible news.

Mitigation is going to cost a lot.  And if you own land in coastal areas, think about moving sooner rather than later.

[Jacob]

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/23/rapid-ice-melt-in-west-antarctica-now-inevitable-research-shows

Terrible news.

Mitigation is going to cost a lot.  And if you own land in coastal areas, think about moving sooner rather than later.

So... uhm... leave Vancouver?

[HVC]

Time the buy property just off of the coast. Beachfront on the cheap.

[crazy canuck]

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/23/rapid-ice-melt-in-west-antarctica-now-inevitable-research-shows

Terrible news.

Mitigation is going to cost a lot.  And if you own land in coastal areas, think about moving sooner rather than later.

So... uhm... leave Vancouver?

It will be completely transformed.  Think about Richmond and most of the farmland bordering the Fraser River.  As an example the whole of the Matsqui plain will be under water.

According to the article scientists are now reassessing the time lines.  So the question now is when, not if.

[Jacob]

Yeah I went to one of those interactive maps. Richmond and Delta will be completely gone at a 5 m rise.

[Legbiter]

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/23/rapid-ice-melt-in-west-antarctica-now-inevitable-research-shows

Terrible news.

Mitigation is going to cost a lot.  And if you own land in coastal areas, think about moving sooner rather than later.

The west Antarctic Ice Sheet discussed in the article last melted abruptly during the Eemian interglacial period (125,000 years ago) so it's likely to melt again as part of the cyclical nature of these things. But there's a big difference whether that takes place over 600 years or 6000. Sea levels at the height of the last interglacial were 6-9m higher than today. 

[Maladict]

So that's it then. Well fuck.

[crazy canuck]

At least for coastal areas.  Now the race is to keep warming below 1.5 to avoid other catastrophic effects.

I'm not sure that will happen. We humans tend not to think beyond the near future.

[Josquius]

Just when I was coming around to "I really should have moved to Holland"

What time scale are we looking at here?
I wonder if we can react in time-  Muttered before but I do increasingly think solar-shields in space are the way to go in the future as even if we stopped emitting tomorrow things are already off kilter enough.

[crazy canuck]

Just when I was coming around to "I really should have moved to Holland"

What time scale are we looking at here?
I wonder if we can react in time-  Muttered before but I do increasingly think solar-shields in space are the way to go in the future as even if we stopped emitting tomorrow things are already off kilter enough.

According to the article, the time scale is now being reassessed. Now that the collapse of the ice sheet is a certainty.

[viper37]

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/23/rapid-ice-melt-in-west-antarctica-now-inevitable-research-shows

Terrible news.

Mitigation is going to cost a lot.  And if you own land in coastal areas, think about moving sooner rather than later.

So... uhm... leave Vancouver?

Alberta is safer.

[Legbiter]

So that's it then. Well fuck.

Antarctic ice melt traced to 10,000 years ago

Game was rigged from the start.

[Maladict]

So that's it then. Well fuck.

Antarctic ice melt traced to 10,000 years ago

Game was rigged from the start.

According to your article, from 1999, it was expected to take 7,000 years.