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The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Could Flood the Earth. Can a 50-Mile Wall Stop It? Scientists have long opposed polar geoengineering. Some now believe it will be necessary. (www.theatlantic.com)
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People will propose pretty much anything because they don't want to see a rapid phase-out of fossil fuel use. The worse things are, the more out-there the things they propose get to be.

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[–] 7 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Worst case scenario, the bacteria that live in volcanic vents on the floor of the ocean will repopulate the earth. Humans will be just a blip that showed up, made some plastic and then disappeared.

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