Climate
Alpine glacier loses 6 meters in single summer as melt accelerates
Commenters voice emotional responses—fear, anger, and sense of urgency
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Sep 15 3:00 PM
· 9d ago · 5 comments · 1 source · development 2 of 5
Multiple users expressed distress and frustration. One wrote that the retreat is "so f-ing scary and we collectively choose to ignore it." Another stated the information "makes incredibly pissed off, scared and sad all at the same time." A third called it "heart breaking" and noted the irony that people doubt climate science while embracing other technologies.
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“It is so f-ing scary and we collectively choose to ignore it. How can we be so stupid?”
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Peak 15 pieces in 3h at Sep 15, 3 PM; 49 pieces over 10 days (1 post · 48 comments)
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What people said 5 voices · verbatim
T
In one summer. Oh well, I’m sure it’s fine…
S
:) This is happening orders of magnitude faster than in the normal end of an ice age. That's due to global warming.
C
This should sound the alarms but it won't sad to say.
M
The current ice age has been running for over 2 million years. It has to wind down sometime. And this interglacial warming period might just end it. But not in our lifetimes.
S
The question to ask now is, will it regain that ice next winter? Gonna take a LOT of snowfall!
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