Just saw a reference to the former Ok glacier in Iceland, which a few years ago shrunk so much that it stopped being a glacier.
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@holly guarantee it won't.
@oldmeanroy @holly In a month it will have been 7 years. We can judge current progress.
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Just saw a reference to the former Ok glacier in Iceland, which a few years ago shrunk so much that it stopped being a glacier. Please read this plaque they put up next to it.
@holly That *hits*.
We really are the proverbial frog in the pot of hot water, except we're aware of it, and *still*turning the heat up, *ourselves*.
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Just saw a reference to the former Ok glacier in Iceland, which a few years ago shrunk so much that it stopped being a glacier. Please read this plaque they put up next to it.
What would the PPM reading be now? -
What would the PPM reading be now?
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Just saw a reference to the former Ok glacier in Iceland, which a few years ago shrunk so much that it stopped being a glacier. Please read this plaque they put up next to it.
@holly If this was in the US, chump would shit all over it. No one would touch it to see what it said.
I'm sorry that happened and glad the sign is there.
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Just saw a reference to the former Ok glacier in Iceland, which a few years ago shrunk so much that it stopped being a glacier. Please read this plaque they put up next to it.
@holly so it's not OK anymore?
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Just saw a reference to the former Ok glacier in Iceland, which a few years ago shrunk so much that it stopped being a glacier. Please read this plaque they put up next to it.
I read a news story the other month about a Swiss town where they have an annual religious rite.
It used to be dedicated towards pushing the glacier back.
Now it is dedicated to pulled the glacier forward.
Ah, found it:
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Just saw a reference to the former Ok glacier in Iceland, which a few years ago shrunk so much that it stopped being a glacier. Please read this plaque they put up next to it.
@holly How high above the sea level is the plaque?
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@holly so it's not OK anymore?
It's only fine.
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@oldmeanroy @holly In a month it will have been 7 years. We can judge current progress.
@crazyeddie @holly yup.
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@crazyeddie @holly the rate of increase is still increasing if that gives you a clue.
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Just saw a reference to the former Ok glacier in Iceland, which a few years ago shrunk so much that it stopped being a glacier. Please read this plaque they put up next to it.
@holly
We won't be able to say that we didn't knowIf someone does not accept that global warming is real and that it is overwhelmingly caused by human activity, then I am not on speaking terms with that individual.
Scientific consensus. Period.
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Just saw a reference to the former Ok glacier in Iceland, which a few years ago shrunk so much that it stopped being a glacier. Please read this plaque they put up next to it.
@holly Spoiler alert: We didn't do it.
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@crazyeddie @holly the rate of increase is still increasing if that gives you a clue.
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Just saw a reference to the former Ok glacier in Iceland, which a few years ago shrunk so much that it stopped being a glacier. Please read this plaque they put up next to it.
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