▲ 90 ▼ Glacier collapse caused Nepal’s deadly flash flood — a sign of things to come? (www.nature.com) submitted 2 months ago by Yasm@programming.dev to c/science@lemmy.world 5 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (1 child) Yes permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago and it's gonna be all over, but so fucking unpredictable. one thing I was reading is about the UK and Europe scrambling to add AC to thousands of homes that never needed it, and now people must have it or the fatalities start climbing. AND, the potential collapse of the AMOC, a current that circulates warm water to colder parts, bringing nutrient rich water around the north atlantic - and if / when it stops, europe is gonna freeze - like, average temps will drop 10c and they may no longer be able to grow grain. basically, climate change is gonna fuck us all coming and going, and, we still haven't even laid off the CO2 gas pedal, especially in the US, fuck, we're still racing cars in circles for funsies. we're so fucking stupid it hurts to think some days. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago and it's gonna be all over, but so fucking unpredictable. one thing I was reading is about the UK and Europe scrambling to add AC to thousands of homes that never needed it, and now people must have it or the fatalities start climbing. AND, the potential collapse of the AMOC, a current that circulates warm water to colder parts, bringing nutrient rich water around the north atlantic - and if / when it stops, europe is gonna freeze - like, average temps will drop 10c and they may no longer be able to grow grain. basically, climate change is gonna fuck us all coming and going, and, we still haven't even laid off the CO2 gas pedal, especially in the US, fuck, we're still racing cars in circles for funsies. we're so fucking stupid it hurts to think some days. permalink fedilink source parent