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submitted 3 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Ground temperatures across great swathes of the ice sheets of Antarctica have soared an average of 10C above normal over the past month, in what has been described as a near record heatwave.

While temperatures remain below zero on the polar land mass, which is shrouded in darkness at this time of year, the depths of southern hemisphere winter, temperatures have reportedly reached 28C above expectations on some days.

The globe has experienced 12 months of record warmth, with temperatures consistently exceeding the 1.5C rise above preindustrial levels that has been touted as the limit to avoiding the worst of climate breakdown.

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[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 56 points 3 months ago

Climate collapse is largest factor in my / wife's decision not to have kids. We've always had the understanding that by the time we're old and crusty, shit will be bad enough to be uncomfortable, but that's kinda it; it's the generations after us that are really fucked. This shit is accelerating faster than expected. Kinda thinking we were wrong about shit becoming 'only uncomfortable' in our lifetime.

Definitely happy about our decision not to have kids... every time a friend or family member cranks one out, I can't help but feel sorry for the little bastard. Shy of several miracle-tier scientific breakthroughs like RIGHT NOW, those babies are in for some serious strife.

[-] ericatty@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 months ago

Yeah, my step-son is planning to adopt if he and his fiancee want kids. Climate isn't the only reason, but even before he ever met her, he told me he'd rather adopt than bring more people into the world.

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Same page. There are other reasons, but cooking the kid alive is the #1 deterrent.

Same thoughts on adoption too. Can't afford a kid either way right now, but if and when we're able and willing, adoption is the way.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Username checks out.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 45 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Just...

God damn...

Fuck.

I even rode my bike to work, recycled, composted, avoided air conditioning, switched everything to LED, all that shit.

At least the stock market got to experience record profits for decades on end?

[-] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 39 points 3 months ago

Meanwhile the politicians telling you to ride your bike are zooming around in private jets and approving legislative loopholes for the biggest polluters.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

That's why you shouldn't do it for them; you should do it because it's superior lifestyle choice for you.

See also: ~~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21g-E_RcHd0~~

Wait, no, this: https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/05/07/what-do-you-mean-you-dont-have-a-bike/

[-] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

There's a massive chance I would die if I rode a bicycle to work. I've only seen one guy in my area riding a bicycle, and he usually has a LONG line of cars behind him but he isn't on the roads that I have to commute. The only bicycles I see on those roads are painted white as memorials to the people who have died trying to ride them.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ Sometimes you've gotta make changes if you want your life to improve. If you can't safely commute by bike from your house to your job, then either your house is wrong or your job is.

I've only seen one guy in my area riding a bicycle, and he usually has a LONG line of cars behind him

Based and "take-the-lane"-pilled.

The irony is, the drivers bring the delay upon themselves by opposing building bike lanes, which are really car infrastructure, not bike infrastructure. Their purpose is to get cyclists out of the way, because the situation you describe is the alternative!

[-] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I bought right before the bubble burst in 2006. I'd love to move. We were behind on value for so many years. Also wages haven't kept up with inflation. And now we added two kids. When I can move, I will.

[-] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Hi buddy, can we back the fuck off of the anti-cager propaganda?

This is America, most of us don't live within biking distance of work.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

No. The propaganda will continue until zoning improves.

[-] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

And bikers wonder why people hate them...

People who make zoning laws don't read memes on lemmy.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

Those stock market gains really warm my heart. Literally. Because the earth is on fire.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

The stock market is down 500 points today, LOL.

[-] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Mainly because intel shit the bed in such a magnificent way that will be glorious to watch over the coming months.

[-] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 29 points 3 months ago
[-] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

Climate catastrophe denial should be a jailable offense at this point.

[-] sandbox@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

I’d rather go for the people responsible for it, rather than the people who, understandably, want to pretend it isn’t happening.

[-] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I’d rather go for the people responsible for it,

You can't due to the masses of people in denial of it who stand in between.

[-] Denalduh@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Such a painfully good movie. It hurt because of how close it parodies reality.

[-] sandbox@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

People who are in full denial are quite a minority. The people who stand between us and action are the people who believe that it’s real and a problem we should do something about it, but stop short of advocating for real systemic change. Those are the people we need to be trying to reach

[-] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I didn't say "full denial", I said "denial".

[-] sandbox@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Yeah, that’s fair, I think we’re on the same page generally.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

They are traitors against humanity. And should be seen and treated as such.

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