Greenland’s ice sheet is melting faster than scientists previously estimated, according to a study released Wednesday in the journal Nature, with the loss believed to be 20% worse than previously reported.

Since 1985, Greenland’s ice sheet has lost approximately 5,091 square kilometers of ice researchers found using satellite imagery. Scientists said earlier estimates did not track melting at the edges of the ice sheets, known as calving, which measures ice breaking off at the terminus of a glacier.

Greenland’s ice sheet loses about 193 square kilometers of ice per year, researchers found.

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    11 months ago

    It keeps doing that. Maybe it’s time for scientists to stop tip-toeing about it.

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        11 months ago

        We need to ring the town hall bell and run the NATO sirens to send a message “you’re all proper fucked if you don’t stop burning fossil fuel right now!”

        People are well aware. They’re just waiting for the bells to ring in a total pandemic level lock down.

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          11 months ago

          Regular people are well aware. It’s the rich assholes who don’t give a shit.

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          11 months ago

          so we had a pretty large part of humanity against vaccines and masks during a pandemic. No amount of bell ringing, which is already going on, changes their minds. If anything they just double down.

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          At this point it’s more maybe we can somewhat lessen the fuckening if we stop burning fossil fuels