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The Amoc (Original Post) sue4e3 1 hr ago OP
Well, what do you want us to do about it? -misanthroptimist 1 hr ago #1
Maybe sooner than 2060 biophile 1 hr ago #2

-misanthroptimist

(2,095 posts)
1. Well, what do you want us to do about it?
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 02:30 PM
1 hr ago

Are supposed to lower our profitability so future generations can...um, survive? That's commie talk!

Historians a thousand years from now will look back and equate us with the Easter Islanders (Gotta keep making those heads!) That is, if there are still people and historians thousands of years from now.

biophile

(1,733 posts)
2. Maybe sooner than 2060
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 02:32 PM
1 hr ago

The predictions for temperature rise and glacier depletion have been wrong. It’s happening faster than predicted. If the 2060 estimate is based on the older timeline, the breakdown of the AMOC might be accelerated as well.
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