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Fossil discovery in Greenland ice stuns and worries scientists: "Don't buy a beach house" (www.earth.com)
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“We now have direct evidence that not only was the ice gone, but that plants and insects were living there,”...Near‑complete melting of Greenland’s ice over the next centuries to a few millennia would lead to some 23 feet of sea‑level rise.

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[–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

This is such a good point about the global power dynamics. The rate of melt is actually accelrating faster than most models predicted even 10 years ago. Countries with less resources might resort to desperate geoengineering measures becuase they literally can't wait for the rest of us to get our act together.