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Scientists fear catastrophe after 'mind-boggling' world record temperature jump in Antarctica (www.newshub.co.nz)

submitted 7 months ago by eagleeyedtiger to c/offtopic

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On March 18, 2022, scientists at the Concordia research station in the east Antarctic recorded the largest spike in temperature ever recorded with the region experiencing a rise of 38.5C above its seasonal average.

Unfortunately, it's not an isolated event with an increasing number of meteorologic anomalies being reported on the continent in the past two years.

The sea level rise map that was linked is interesting, I propose Hamilton to be the new international airport since both Auckland and Wellington's will be underwater

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[–] Dave 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

If west Antarctica's ice sheets vanished completely, which is possible in the next few decades, it would see sea levels rise by 5 metres, according to a 2021 report by the UN's climate body - the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate

So I knew it was bad, but I'm not sure it really clicked that we are looking at a 5m sea rise in the reasonably near future...

[–] NoRamyunForYou 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, got caught out by that time frame.

I like to think I'm quite concious of the environment and try to make frequent decisions during day to day life to "minimize" my impact, but in the back of my mind, I always had the "at least it shouldn't get truly terrifying anytime in my useful life time" as sort of a coping mechanism to all the doom and gloom. Now I'm not so sure of that lol.

[–] Dave 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Yeah it's always been sold as a problem for the next generation, take action now to make a better world for your grandkids. Turns out our lack of action has big ramifications in our lifetime.

I also like to try to minimise my impact, and try to be part of the solution not part of the problem, but I'm under no illusions that anything short of government action will make the difference we need.

[–] sonori@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago

Congratulations, if your gen x or younger your part of the next generation they were talking about.

[–] NoRamyunForYou 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

And it's so frustrating that governments around the world seem to not care...

[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

*actively, deliberately making it worse.

We can't demand better working conditions if we lose the water war.