A Deadly Glacier Collapse... and All the Future Damage We Could Still Forestall

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/deadly-glacier-collapse-climpate

…focus on the image at the top of this newsletter, taken by a Chinese mountaineer…that shows the collapse—that’s the stream in the center of the picture that looks like a waterfall. And what I want you to notice is how much ice is still there—to the naked eye it looks like 99% of the glacier remains. And this is just one glacier of perhaps 50,000 across the Himalayas and Hindu Kush. My point is: There is infinitely more damage to be done, or to put it another way there is infinitely more damage we might still be able to forestall…

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DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 10d (1 reply)

Sorry these A.I. data centers are more important than some frozen water.

justlemmyin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 10d

Indeed!

I have a proposal, let's install datacenters on these glaciers, instead of deserts. Easier access to water.