Rapid disintegration and weakening of ice shelves in North Greenland. Millan, R., Jager, E., Mouginot, J. et al. Nat Commun 14, 6914 (2023).

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[–]ActuallyNot[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

The ice shelves in North Greenland have been faking global warming by rapidly disintegrating, losing 35% of their total volume over the last 45 years.

It must be that the big wind lobby has got to them.

[–]monkeymagic 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

who caused climates everywhere on earth to gradually and regularly change before the industrial revolution?

[–]StillLessons 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Not always gradually, either. Rapid climate change events exist in the record pre-industrialization. Our world has always existed in flux.

[–]ActuallyNot[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The current one is more rapid than anything not associated with a mass extinction event.

When the flux is rapid warming like the current state, it's economic to avoid it and stop burning fossil fuels.

This is also a better way to stop using fossil fuels, rather than a sudden jarring halt when they run out.