“We now have direct evidence that not only was the ice gone, but that plants and insects were living there,”...Near‑complete melting of Greenland’s ice over the next centuries to a few millennia would lead to some 23 feet of sea‑level rise.

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[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Clickbait title. I don’t plan to be living over the next few centuries or millennia. There are plenty of reasons to not buy a beach house but this ain’t one of them.

[–] Doom@ttrpg.network 29 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think that's kind of a tongue in cheek joke.

Regular people don't respect the actual issue at hand(like yourself a little) trying to portray it as relevant or something they can understand is important for scientists to do.

Unfortunately science and the truth are worthless if morons don't understand them.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

Only if we let them stay in power...

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

OTOH, you've yet to encounter any conclusive evidence that you're mortal.

[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, I'm 195cm so in all likelihood I'm mortal than most people on average

[–] Hule@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Well, tall people have it harder with pumping blood, so you might be mortaller.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I don’t plan to be living over the next few centuries or millennia.

It's hard to read this without hearing a "I got mine, so f everyone after me" in it. When you talk about this with your friends, maybe consider rephrasing it?

[–] realitista@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

I think if the title said something like "cities of the world could flood in the next century" rather than "don't buy a beach house", you would have a point. But that's not the case here.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Thank you for phrasing that well

I gave a friend who said something like this and I didn’t find the words to respond. Anyway, he moved to Florida near the shore so asked if he was worried about insurance, flooding, or even being able to sell the house if sea levels rise too much. He replied that he looked at the flood and storm projections for his expected remaining life and decided he was ok. Since he has no descendants, he doesn’t care if the house loses value or it becomes uninsurable