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minus-square@jordanlundlink13•10 months agoThat’s what I was thinking. Once the permafrost thaw becomes self perpetuating, there’s no going back.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•10 months agoAnd seeing as the Antarctic and Arctic are warming about 4x as fast as the rest of the world, I’d say we’re pretty close now.
minus-squareHubertMannelinkfedilink3•10 months agoI feel it basically started in the 20teens and is underway now.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoAccording to this it started in the 60’s … in Russia at least.
That’s what I was thinking. Once the permafrost thaw becomes self perpetuating, there’s no going back.
And seeing as the Antarctic and Arctic are warming about 4x as fast as the rest of the world, I’d say we’re pretty close now.
I feel it basically started in the 20teens and is underway now.
According to this it started in the 60’s … in Russia at least.