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Missing winter sea-ice signals changes in Antarctica that could be "absolute disaster for the world", scientists say.

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[–] kalahlora@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's happening so fast now... I always thought we would have more time

[–] livus@kbin.social 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I actually did think it would speed up like this.

...but not for science reasons, it's just, I know from defrosting the freezer that it does not melt at a steady rate but gets faster and faster.

[–] altasshet@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

I mean, that's pretty scientific training right there

[–] Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago

So did the scientists. Stuff is happening now that wasn't supposed to happen until the 2070s.