Hemi (Wellington, NZ)Jul 3, 2023
John Englart

The Antarctic sea ice extent rubber band has snapped.
Via Professor Eliot Jacobson on Twitter :
“It finally happened, breaking 5 sigma, the same statistical threshold physicists used to prove the existence of the Higgs boson.

“At 2,700,000 km² below the 1991-2020 mean, Antarctic sea ice extent was 5.14σ below the mean, roughly a 1-in-7,400,000 chance.”

#ClimateCrisis #Antarctica #seaice #ClimateEmergency

Jul 1, 2023 at 12:26pmWeb
Show threadDavid J. AtkinsonAug 6, 2023
@takvera Important news, definitely. #climatecrisis #antarctica #sealevelrise
tl;dr
- New York is the new Venice.
- Coastal residents should make plans to move to higher land.
- Act quickly if you see in the news, “massive Antarctic ice sheet breaks off”
- Consider adding a kayak to your bug out kit.
Show threadJohn EnglartAug 6, 2023

@meltedcheese
Definitely a huge disaster, but sea level rise a relatively slow moving one. The problem will also come from flash flooding from extreme rainfall events (like we saw a few days ago in Beijing), and in storm surges that accompany storm fronts NYC has already experienced that .

Kayaks not a bad idea for any low lying house.