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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That…. Is fucking tragic. There’s no going back to that. Ever.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Don't worry, the ice will come back, we just won't be around to see it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Speak for yourself, I intend to be here for it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

For that to happen the carbon would need to be buried in the ground again, however

And it's possible that humanity has emitted so much and warmed the globe so much that we shift the global climate stability point to something else than was before. It's possible the new equilibrium over millions of year will be a warmer earth

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Or an Earth with Harsher winters and Massive Winterstorms followed by Scorching HeatWaves. Only cockaroaches will survive.

Unless you are evolving into roaches, no human being will survive the Earth's mighty global climate swings.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh it will be back. We won't be. But the planet always bounces back.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Not really tbh. The earth is well past the halfway point until we look like Mars: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

We would be closer to Venus

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Which is not really a horrible realization, we know earth has a shelf life, the question is will we be able to solve space colonization to ensure the survival of our species?