2026-07-26 04:08 UTC
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org @douglasvb@m.ai6yr.org The #oceans have been Earth’s heat sink, absorbing disproportionately more heat than land and atmosphere. I had a chance to ask Prof. Michael Mann about how long it would take for the land-air-sea heat equilibrium to be restored (if we went zero carbon tomorrow). His answer was 50 years. The oceans will continue to heat the atmosphere for at least 50 years after we hit zero carbon. That is the most optimistic estimate I’ve read. Other climatologists say up to 200 years. We will not live long enough to see the #climate stabilize.
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@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org 2026-07-26 04:11
@meltedcheese@c.im @douglasvb@m.ai6yr.org I figured we'd be in the for the worst of it, one way or another. (i.e. the accumulating impacts). So many people saying "oh, my grandchildren are going to have to deal with this" and I have been "umm.. sorry, no, unless you're planning of departing this planet next week, it just keeps getting worse from here on out". So, our only choice is to adapt and do whatever we can to buffer the impacts.