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[–] 2 points 9 months ago

No, it cannot flood earth.

That's click bait.

There isn't enough frozen water to flood the earth completely.

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    [–] 21 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    “Fast-forward 1,000 years, the Earth will be geoengineered,” he said. “The entire climate will be regulated like a modern house—no question.” The climate may get screwed up in new ways as scientists attempt to turn the planet’s temperature dial down. But “if it survives, humanity is simply going to do this.”

    That's a neat idea but at the rate we're moving we're going to kill ourselves off well before we figure out how to do anything approaching geoengineering effectively.

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    [–] 33 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Maybe some kind of big boat that can hold a breeding pair of every animal on the planet could be of use.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago

    The answer is no.

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    Thankfully, the Earth will go on but we won't. I welcome our Orcan overlords.

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    As long as Earth's biodiversity remains intact; the loss of mankind will go without remorse.

    Even our precious cats and dogs will forget about us, after they eat us.

    But you know who won't forget? Orcas.

    #FreeWilly

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I'm fairly certain that there's not enough frozen water to completely submerge all land, if melted.

    Haven't looked into estimates in about 10 years, but the estimates back then were just for significant lowlands being lost.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago

    correct, the article saying we will lose coast population areas, which make up most of humanity. So we will need to move further inland. man island nations will be lost, Australia will also get an inland sea, Bangladesh will largely be lost, Netherlands will be gone, etc.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    Humanity is an unredeemable shit hole.

    Finish us off and make it quick

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    [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    Seems like a temporary solution anyway, does it not?

    The sea is going to rise, but not all at once, tomorrow. Probably, we'll just do what we've been doing, ignoring it until it hits us in the face, and then reacting in a haphazard, half-assed way that doesn't cost the billionaires anything. Rinse and repeat every year.

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