• grue@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    I’ve been saying it’s imminent for a while now, because I’ve been seeing studies about this come out for years and it seems like every one revises the estimate to be earlier.

    • SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org
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      14 hours ago

      The scientists probably thought we would heed their warnings and reduce our rate of emissions. Those poor fools.

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        14 hours ago

        Either that or they were subconsciously erring on the side of not seeming alarmist.

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          9 hours ago

          It’s simply that their worst case scenario didn’t account for the speed of the cascading effect of a couple particular spots.