Hacker News users praise tool's visualization but report accuracy issues
2 Sep 11 12:50 PM · 12d ago · 3 comments · 1 source · development 2 of 3
Early commenters on Hacker News note the tool's effectiveness at making climate data tangible but identify specific problems: some named glaciers do not appear in search results, baseline glacier perimeters appear incorrect on some glaciers (e.g., Glacier Blanc), and at least one officially extinct glacier (Okjökull) shows survival timelines inconsistent with real-world status. One commenter notes the tool would benefit from an interactivity layer linking warming scenarios to affected glaciers.
“I don't understand why a glacier would survive longer in the 4°C scenario than 2.5°C but this seems to suggest so.”
a1371, Hacker News commenter · hn ↗K. Van Tricht Researcher, tool designer
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Reviewed this and it is quite impressive. The map adds much more reality to the data as opposed to regular climate maps. The one feature that I think would be awesome to add would be an interactivity layer to the bottom-right panel indicating the extinction years where you can click or hover over the warming period to view the affected glaciers on…
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Okjökull is considered extinct, yet according to this website it should survive until the 2070s at least? It also gives 2079 for 1.5°C vs. 2075 for 2.7°C (I know that the local dynamic is not the same as the global one, but still).
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I don't understand why a glacier would survive longer in the 4°C scenario than 2.5°C but this seems to suggest so.
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