Antarctic expeditions and outlandish geoengineering schemes hope to slow sea level rise… but it might be too late
https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/doomsday-glacier-melting-thwaites-antarctica
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Antarctic expeditions and outlandish geoengineering schemes hope to slow sea level rise… but it might be too late
https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/doomsday-glacier-melting-thwaites-antarctica
Posted by HalfLeper
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According to the article, the modelled worst case scenario of 1m increase in the global sea level would not happen until 2100. And that is the worst case scenario.
I am middle aged and have no kids, so I don’t have much to fret about. For all you young folks out there, good luck!
I think theres a comparison to be made about people mowing their lawns every weekend, disappointed and frustrated that the grass seems to constantly grow back, and us being in a period of global warming and being disappointed and frustrated that sea levels are rising.
Yes, sea level are rising, unlikely to stop or reverse for some time.
>Finances aside, it’s the choice between these two impossible problems – stabilising an ice block the size of a country or orchestrating mass migrations to deal with sea-level rise – that has Minchew convinced he’s choosing the right path.
This intuitively seems incorrect to me. We dont have to orchestrate mass migrations to deal with sea-level rise. Capitalisms manages this for us.
its either a massive global joint project, or millions of individual choices with the cost spread out amongst millions of people.
Property that is sinking under the waves loses value. Property above the expected sea level becomes more desirable.
3.4 mm per year of sea level rising gives us PLENTY of time to move infrastructure.
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