An analysis of the expansion of cracks in the Thwaites Glacier over the past 20 years suggests that a total collapse could be only a matter of time.
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Take out the word irreversible
When it happens WE’RE fucked! There’s no changing that. We’ll hopelessly try to stop climate change when the damn sun blows up.
We don’t have to let it get that far, but no one seems interested in starlifting and solar thrusters. We could make the entire solar system into a spaceship.
Its not reversible on human time scales though
Correct. Brace for it! Or, make as much money as we can writing climate articles with “hope!”