silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years agoAustralian climate science projects in Antarctica put on ice due to budget cutswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkAustralian climate science projects in Antarctica put on ice due to budget cutswww.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square3linkfedilink
minus-squarekillernova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoIt’s because the ice melted didn’t it.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 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-up2·2 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