reminder: scientists have discovered weaknesses in the ice shelf holding back Antarctica’s 'doomsday' glacier suggesting it could shatter within the next 2 to 4 years 🧵
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BREAKING : scientists discover weaknesses in ice shelf holding back Antarctica’s 'doomsday' glacier suggesting it could shatter within the next 3 to 5 years
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ice climatologists: we've lost Earth's ice sheets and it's just a matter of time before we see many metres of sea level rise so society has to now brace itself for a catastrophe 
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We can't build our way out of global ecosystem catastrophe. So how about a 10 year slowdown? Shift rapidly away from today's ultra-destructive, high energy, high emissions global economy? Give societies time & incentive to create local supply chains? Let vital species flourish?
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see youtu.be/plkkfEY9cGs
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q. How do we stop Antarctica from melting or at least West Antarctica ice shelf?
a. Reducing our carbon emissions is wishful thinking at this point. This part of West Antarctica is going to to fall apart no matter what.
q. This is a holy shit moment?
a. It's worse than that. twitter.com/ClimateBen/sta…
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2030 looking like when even the most blinkered of denialists are going to have to accept the inevitable.