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veggibles@lemmy.wtf to World News@quokk.au · 15 hours ago

Antarctica’s west coast missing an area of sea ice the size of France as temperatures peak 20C above average

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Antarctica’s west coast missing an area of sea ice the size of France as temperatures peak 20C above average

www.theguardian.com

veggibles@lemmy.wtf to World News@quokk.au · 15 hours ago
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A vast area of the Bellingshausen Sea should be covered by sea ice by now, with one expert calling the loss of ice ‘depressing’
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    Don’t care anymore because if I continue to care I’ll dunk myself off a bridge

    The world is dying from cancer and humanity is the cancer. Nobody cares, so neither will I

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    the region was important for krill – a critical part of the food web for species in the region. Krill would usually be hiding from predators under the ice in winter, where they graze on algae.

    Yeah, that sounds bad

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    This is fine /s

    melts

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    “Antarctica’s west coast” is a curious phrase…

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      I assume they just divided the continent in half along the prime meridian? I dunno.

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        There’s a map in the article

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    But muh data center!

    • quick_snail@feddit.nl
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      Use wind, solar, hydro, or geothermal

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      Maybe they will build them in Antartica once all the ice melts.

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    I remember seeing this like satellite video of the ice over the years and how small it is now its pretty scary

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      If we ignore it harder, it’ll go away.

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    But is it as thick as France?

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      no, thick as Trump and other climate deniers

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    Trump secretly harvesting ice for all the World Cup drinks!

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    Hell ye fuck that ice!!!

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