I don't know if I've chimed in on this thread yet, but a study from NASA last year said that the polar caps are actually gaining ice in total. They also said they are in agreement with a certain section of the cap losing ice, but from satellite data they've said that the ice in the antarctic cap has had a net gain over the past couple decades.
They also agree that the sea level is rising, but it's worrisome because they do not know where it's coming from.
Also, studies have shown that with the increase in CO2 in the atmosphere, it causes plant life to grow faster than usual (in turn sucking up more CO2).
So what I'm trying to say, is the ecosystem we have here is far more dynamic than anyone wants to give it credit for.
As far as dire change that's going to cause doom and gloom for the planet and kill everything... I'm just not seeing it.
I'm sure something other than man-made climate change will wipe us out before that happens.
Destroying a planet is hard, I don't think we could destroy everything on this planet and completely wipe out humanity even if we gave it our very best effort.
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