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Environment & Energy

OnlinePoker

(5,721 posts) Thu Jun 13, 2019, 01:38 PM Jun 2019

Greenland ice sheet - Almost 50% surface melt yesterday

https://nsidc.org/greenland-today/

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Greenland ice sheet - Almost 50% surface melt yesterday (Original Post) OnlinePoker Jun 2019 OP

It's really happening kat3rinamarquez Jun 2019 #1

I have some good news and some bad news... defacto7 Jun 2019 #3

Jesus. Here's a look at this year compared to the average melt. The_jackalope Jun 2019 #2

kat3rinamarquez

(47 posts)

1. It's really happening

Reply to OnlinePoker (Original post)

Thu Jun 13, 2019, 03:23 PM

Jun 2019

We're slowly depleting our own species. It would only take a few centuries until the Earth's natural resources are totally depleted.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)

3. I have some good news and some bad news...

Reply to kat3rinamarquez (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 14, 2019, 12:54 AM

Jun 2019

The earth may recover and probably will. Bad news... we won't be here. But that's good news for the planet because having destroyed ourselves we will no longer be here to mess it up and the earth will proceed as if we had never existed.

The_jackalope

(1,660 posts)

2. Jesus. Here's a look at this year compared to the average melt.

Reply to OnlinePoker (Original post)

Thu Jun 13, 2019, 06:37 PM

Jun 2019

Man the lifeboats!
What do you mean, there aren't any?

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