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submitted 2 years ago by AvogadroJones to c/doomers

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More bad news... Every climate catastrophe indicator is far above what anyone even considered just a year ago. It appears that the rate of climate change is beginning to increase exponentially, further evidence that enough climate tipping points have been reached to render change unstoppable.

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[-] CanadaPlus 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I don't think there's a scenario where even the arctic is too hot to survive in. Keep in mind it's not in normal Norway, it's on the island of Svalbard, which is closer to the North Pole than anything and IIRC has an average temperature of -15C pretty much year-round. Assuming the arctic continues warming at 4x the global average it won't start reaching thawing temperature on the surface until 4 degrees warming.

Plus, the cold is nice but seeds can actually last a really long time even at room temperature. I'm reminded of the date tree seed they found and successfully planted after a couple of millennia in Israel.

I'm kind of a doomer but that specific one seems both doable and actually being done.

[-] AvogadroJones 1 points 2 years ago
[-] CanadaPlus 2 points 2 years ago

Wow, I remembered that seriously wrong, sorry! Man, that gulf current is crazy. Svalbard is just about as far north as it gets.

I think my point still stands, though.

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