The Environment

[TheSker]

However:

Antarctic ice melting faster than ever, studies show
Rate of melt has accelerated threefold in last five years and could contribute 25cm to sea-level rises without urgent action

Maybe we'll see dinosaurs again.

 

[RedDenver]

Maybe we'll see dinosaurs again.

You see them all the time. They're called birds now.

 

[Making Chimichangas]

You see them all the time. They're called birds now.

Well that is obviously false, because, as the religious right constantly tells us: evolution isn't real.

:snacks:

:ahhhhhhhh

 

[ZRod]

Well that is obviously false, because, as the religious right constantly tells us: evolution isn't real.

:snacks:

:ahhhhhhhh

But the Catholic Church says it is.

 

[commando]

but of course he did.   it had obamas name on it

 

[deedsker]

but of course he did.   it had obamas name on it

It is like watching a cartoon villain be president, except some cartoon villains have more depth of character.

 

[Mierin]

More cartoon villainy. We're in the middle of a mass extinction and Trump wants to make it harder to protect endangered species. Profits should never be a consideration when an animal could go extinct.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trump-to-curb-protections-as-warming-endangers-species/

 

[schriznoeder]

"Currently, 354 major cities experience average summer temperatures in excess of 35C (95F); by 2050, climate change will push this to 970, according to the recent “Future We Don’t Want” study by the C40 alliance of the world’s biggest metropolises."

Halfway to boiling: the city at 50C

 

[BigRedBuster]

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[commando]

it's getting hot out there

http://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-and-science/science/temperature-in-the-arctic-circle-hits-90-fahrenheit-this-week/article/528422

 

[BigRedBuster]

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[schriznoeder]

Sounds like something Trump's EPA would publish.

 

[jsneb83]

Sounds like something Trump's EPA would publish.

"I'm only a butcher." Yeah, maybe you should just stick to that.  :facepalm:   :facepalm:   :facepalm:

 

[RedDenver]

The phrase "surely statistically" has to be the most succinct hedging your bets I've ever seen.

 

[schriznoeder]

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