silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 years agoAustralian climate science projects in Antarctica put on ice due to budget cutswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkAustralian climate science projects in Antarctica put on ice due to budget cutswww.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square3linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarekillernova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoIt’s because the ice melted didn’t it.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years agoThere are still thousand-meter-thick ice sheets covering Antarctica. We’ve lost some of the floating sea ice around it recently, but it will likely take a thousand years or more to melt it all.
minus-squarekillernova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years agoHaha yeah I know, just making that joke while I still can lol
It’s because the ice melted didn’t it.
There are still thousand-meter-thick ice sheets covering Antarctica. We’ve lost some of the floating sea ice around it recently, but it will likely take a thousand years or more to melt it all.
Haha yeah I know, just making that joke while I still can lol